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A Secret Service: Being Strange Tales of a Nihilist
Through his eyes, the book explores themes of political exile, rebellion, and the human cost of autocratic rule.
"A Secret Service: Being Strange Tales of a Nihilist" by William Le Queux is a historical fiction novel. Through his eyes, the book explores themes of political exile, rebellion, and the human cost of autocratic rule.
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During six weary months I had been kept in solitary confinement in a small, cold, ill-lit cell in the Fortress of Peter and Paul at Petersburg, whither I had been transferred from Mstislavl. Dispirited by solitude, weakened by lack of exercise, and ill through want of proper medical attention, I began to fear that the confinement would cause my reason to give way; therefore it was with a feeling of relief that one day I greeted the announcement of my warder that we were to start for Siberia on the morrow.
A detailed description of the frightful hardships of my long and terrible journey would fill a volume, but it is only my intention to outline them briefly.
With a hundred other men and women of all ages we left the grim fortress at midnight, a sorry, smileless band, whose clanking chains formed an ominous accompaniment to the loud shouts and cracking of whips of our Cossack escorts. We were each attired in grey kaftan, strong knee-boots,[36] and sheepskin bonnet. Our breasts bore a metal plate with a number, while strapped over our shoulders was the rug, the mess tin, and the wooden spoon that comprised our travelling kit.
Contents
- 01Chapter II. On Trackless Snows.
- 02Chapter III. My Friend, the Princess.
- 03Chapter IV. The Burlesque of Death.
- 04Chapter V. Sophie Zagarovna’s Secret.
- 05Chapter VI. By a Vanished Hand.
- 06Chapter VII. A Romance of the Steppe.
- 07Chapter VIII. The Velvet Paw.
- 08Chapter IX. The Judas-Kiss.
- 09Chapter X. An Imperial Sugar Plum.
- 10Chapter XI. The Confession of Vassilii.
- 11Chapter XII. False Zero.
- 12Chapter XIII. The Fate of the Traitor.
- 13Chapter XIV. An Ikon Oath.
- 14Chapter XV. The Tzar’s Spy.
About this edition
- Author
- William Le Queux
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 207 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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