An Irish politician pursues an heiress, while a Polish anarchist and his Tsarist opponents plot against each other.
Here is another novel by Murray (see Novels 009, 068, 127) with vivid characters, some of them remarkably unprincipled, and a thrilling, if implausible, plot.
“Secret societies and Polish and Irish patriots are not as a rule very promising subjects for a novel, and Mr. Murray has increased his difficulties by making his story a study of character first, and only secondarily a tale of exciting incidents. But the chief person is . . . excellently presented, and the plotting is . . . cleverly contrived.” Athenaeum, February 6, 1886
“It is hardly needful to say that the book is thoroughly readable, and a piece of skilled workmanship.” Academy, February 13, 1886
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