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Download or read book A Bid for Fortune Illustrated written by Guy Boothby and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Hatteras, on holiday in Sydney, rescues a lovely young woman in distress, the start of a series of events that sees him falling in love and becoming ever more entangled in the machinations of the shadowy Doctor Nikola, villain, gentleman, and occult adventurer, who will stop at nothing to steal his prize. Boothby's Nikola may be the world's first modern super villain: he is a master of hypnotism and mind control, a telepathic adept, and an astral projectionist. He can cause ordinary men to see images in pools of liquid, and prophesy into the future. It's said that he knows the hour, moment, and method of his own demise.
Download or read book A Bid for Fortune Or Dr Nikola s Vendetta Illustrated written by Guy Newell Boothby and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Booth by was six, he traveled to England with his mother. Around 1890, he took the position of private secretary to the mayor of Adelaide, Australia, but was not content with the work due to little opportunity for advancement. He turned to his writing talents, writing librettos for 2 comic operas and stories about Australian life. Booth by moved back to the United Kingdom in 1894. He wrote over 50 books in the course of a decade, before dying of pneumonia in Bournemouth.
Download or read book A Bid for Fortune Or Dr Nikola s Vendetta Illustrated written by Guy Boothby and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guy Newell Boothby, (1867-1905), was an Australian novelist and writer. In 1890 he wrote the libretto for a comic opera, Sylvia, which was published and produced at Adelaide in 1890. In 1894 he published On the Wallaby; or, Through the East and Across Australia, an account of the travels of himself and his brother, including a description of their journey across Australia from Cooktown to Adelaide. In the same year his first novel, In Strange Company was published in London and was quickly successful. He wrote over 50 books over the course of a decade. Some of his earlier works relate to stories of Australian life, but later he turned to genre fiction. He was once well known for his series of five novels about Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. His other works include: Dr. Nikola's Experiment (1899), A Bid for Fortune; or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta (1895), The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds (1897), Pharos the Egyptian (1899), A Sailor's Bride (1899), My Strangest Case (1901), and Connie Burt (1903).
Download or read book A Bid for Fortune Or Dr Nikolas Vendetta Illustrated written by Guy Newell Boothby and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's VendettaBy Guy Newell BoothbyThis is the first in Boothby's series of Dr. Nikola novels. It opens with the manager of a fine London restaurant preparing for a dinner reserved in an odd letter originating from Brazil 3 months prior, for 4 persons in a private room, where 3 guests will arrive showing cards with a red dot. One will be from China, one from South Africa, one from England, plus the host, Dr Nikola, who is of unknown nationality but is later revealed to travel the world widely. The letter specifies certain preparations, such as no electric lighting but rather candles with red shades, a small jug of fresh milk, and a porcelain saucer.
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Download or read book A Bid for Fortune Or Dr Nikola s Vendetta Illustrated written by Guy Newell and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boothby's Nikola may be the world's first modern super villain: he is a master of hypnotism and mind control, a telepathic adept, and an astral projectionist. He can cause ordinary men to see images in pools of liquid, and prophesy into the future. It's said that he knows the hour, moment, and method of his own demise.
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