12 - Hartmann the Anarchist, or the Doom of a Great City by Edward Douglas Fawcett

25/09/2025 13 min
12 - Hartmann the Anarchist, or the Doom of a Great City by Edward Douglas Fawcett

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Dive into a captivating piece of nineteenth-century science fiction by mountaineer, philosopher, and occasional novelist Edward Douglas Fawcett. Follow Stanley, a wealthy young socialist who staunchly opposes revolution, as he unexpectedly finds himself aboard the Attila‚Aîa coal-fired aeronef designed by the infamous anarchist Rudolph Hartmann. Caught up in a daring plot to rain destruction upon London from the skies, Stanleys world is turned upside down. Hartmann the Anarchist was later featured in part in the 1971 final issue of Forgotten Fantasy magazine, a precursor to the acclaimed Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy book series.

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