In 1884 the young Republic of Aureataland, on the South American coast and nearly as large as Yorkshire, is short of money and long on intrigue. The narrator, an Englishman managing its bank, finds himself bargaining with the president, a plotting colonel and the opposition, while the reckless Johnny Carr makes the conspiracy harder to steer.
Anthony Hope’s first novel from 1890, a comic political caper that points toward The Prisoner of Zenda. Download the free EPUB.