Excerpt from A Bid for Fortune: A Novel The manager of the new Imperial Restaurant on the Thames Embankment went into his luxurious private office and shut the door. Having done so, he first scratched his chin reflectively and then took a letter from the drawer in which it had lain for the past two months and perused it carefully. Though he was not aware of it, this made the thirtieth time he had read it since breakfast that morning. And yet he was not a whit nearer understanding it than he had been at the beginning. He turned it over and scrutinized the back, where not a sign of writing...
Excerpt from A Bid for Fortune: A Novel The manager of the new Imperial Restaurant on the Thames Embankment went into his luxurious private office...
The first volume of the complete adventures of Dr.Nikola The dark, intense visage of Dr.Nikola is a clear indication of the nature of the man. This is a highly intellectual being whose life and studies have taken him far beyond the limits of conventional academia or the laws of normal society. This is a driven man, ruthless, dangerous, mysterious and a delver into mysteries-obsessed with discovering the secret of eternal life for himself. His own objectives govern all and sudden death is no stranger. Guy Boothby's Dr.Nikola adventures continue to fascinate readers and enthusiasts of crime...
The first volume of the complete adventures of Dr.Nikola The dark, intense visage of Dr.Nikola is a clear indication of the nature of the man. Thi...
The first volume of the complete adventures of Dr.Nikola The dark, intense visage of Dr.Nikola is a clear indication of the nature of the man. This is a highly intellectual being whose life and studies have taken him far beyond the limits of conventional academia or the laws of normal society. This is a driven man, ruthless, dangerous, mysterious and a delver into mysteries-obsessed with discovering the secret of eternal life for himself. His own objectives govern all and sudden death is no stranger. Guy Boothby's Dr.Nikola adventures continue to fascinate readers and enthusiasts of crime...
The first volume of the complete adventures of Dr.Nikola The dark, intense visage of Dr.Nikola is a clear indication of the nature of the man. Thi...
The second volume of the complete adventures of Dr. Nikola Leonaur have brought the complete Dr.Nikola stories together in two complementing volumes available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket. The three books in this second volume are The Lust of Hate, Dr Nikola's Experiment & Farewell, Nikola. The dark, intense visage of Dr.Nikola is a clear indication of the nature of the man. This is a highly intellectual being whose life and studies have taken him far beyond the limits of conventional academia or the laws of normal society. This is a driven man, ruthless, dangerous,...
The second volume of the complete adventures of Dr. Nikola Leonaur have brought the complete Dr.Nikola stories together in two complementing volum...
The second volume of the complete adventures of Dr. Nikola Leonaur have brought the complete Dr.Nikola stories together in two complementing volumes available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket. The three books in this second volume are The Lust of Hate, Dr Nikola's Experiment & Farewell, Nikola. The dark, intense visage of Dr.Nikola is a clear indication of the nature of the man. This is a highly intellectual being whose life and studies have taken him far beyond the limits of conventional academia or the laws of normal society. This is a driven man, ruthless, dangerous,...
The second volume of the complete adventures of Dr. Nikola Leonaur have brought the complete Dr.Nikola stories together in two complementing volum...
Guy Boothby was a 19th century Australian writer and In 1890 Boothby wrote the libretto for the comic opera, Sylvia. In 1894 he published On the Wallaby or Through the East and Across Australia, an account of the trip he and his brother took across Australia from Cooktown to Adelaide. Boothby moved to England in 1894. He wrote over 50 books during a decade. Boothby wrote a series of five novels about Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. These books include A Bid for Fortune: or, Dr Nikola's Vendetta (1895) (AKA Enter, Dr Nikola), Dr Nikola (1896)...
Guy Boothby was a 19th century Australian writer and In 1890 Boothby wrote the libretto for the comic opera, Sylvia. In 1894 he published On the Walla...
This collection is named for Guy Boothby's "A Crime of the Underseas"; but there are other tales in this book as well -- "The Phantom Stockman," "The Treasure of Sacramento Nick," "Into the Outer Darkness," "The Story of Tommy Dodd and 'The Rooster'," "Quod Erat Demonstrandum," "Cupid and Psyche," "Misplaced Affections," "In Great Waters," "Mr. Aristocrat," and finally "This Man and This Woman." Boothby was and still is a delightful writer. See for yourself
"Callingway was tracking an absconding Argentine Bank Manager, and, as it afterwards transpired, was, when we came in contact with...
This collection is named for Guy Boothby's "A Crime of the Underseas"; but there are other tales in this book as well -- "The Phantom Stockman," "T...
