THE ELECTRIC THEFT.
Book Description
A scarce Science Fiction novel by the British Greek specialist, in which the protagonist Reginald Burton discovers that Anarchists are extracting vast amounts of electricity from a plant in Athens and their leader Boleroff is in command of a huge electrolytic lake under London that he harnesses for his own means, cutting off London's electricity supply. All the while our hero is having an affair with the daughter of a wealthy British capitalist. [Comparisons have been made with Flemings later Bond novels] A fine uncut copy of the First Edition with no ownership marks.[ from the US publishers of Walt Whitman]
Author
WYNN-WILLIAMS, Neil .[1864-1940]
Publisher
Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1906
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