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A Bid for Fortune

by Guy Boothby

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First published
1895
Pages
217
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The novel that launched Guy Boothby's hugely popular Dr. Nikola series, this 1895 thriller pits an ordinary young Englishman against one of Victorian fiction's first great criminal masterminds. Nikola is a cold, brilliant occultist bent on recovering a mysterious relic, and his vendetta sweeps the story from the streets of London to Australia and the East. Kidnapping, disguise, and hairbreadth escapes follow at a brisk pace, with a romance threaded through the danger. Boothby wrote for readers hungry for exotic adventure, and Nikola became a template for the shadowy supervillains who would haunt popular fiction for decades. It is a fast, atmospheric entertainment from the golden age of the sensational serial.

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Guy Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian-born novelist who won wide popularity in late-Victorian Britain. Writing at a furious pace, he produced dozens of adventure and mystery tales and is best remembered for creating the menacing criminal genius Dr. Nikola.

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First published
1895
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
217
Language
English
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