An English lad living in St Petersburg under Alexander II is drawn, through no real fault of his own, into the shadow of the revolutionary underground and sentenced as a political prisoner. The road east ends in the mines and convict stations of Siberia, and the rest of the story is the long, resourceful business of getting out.
Henty in his element: hard travel, hunting, disguises and dogged courage, written for young readers but enjoyed by anyone fond of escape stories. Download the free EPUB.
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