Un_Drame_en_Livonie

<i>A Drama in Livonia</i>

A Drama in Livonia

1893 novel by Jules Verne

A Drama in Livonia (French: Un drame en Livonie) is a tragic mystery novel written by Jules Verne in 1893,[1][2] revised in 1903 and first published in 1904.

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Plot outline

In the Governorate of Livonia, a bank employee who is carrying money is murdered. The prime suspect is Professor Dimitri Nicolef. He was the only person present, besides the innkeeper German Kroff. Wladimir Yanof, a lawyer and the fiancé of Ilka Nicolef (the professor's daughter), has escaped from Siberia to prove the innocence of his future father-in-law.

Publication history

  • 1967, UK, London: Arco. 192 pp., First UK edition

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "Un drame en Livonie by VERNE Jules: Couverture rigide (1904) Signed by Author(s) | Librairie Le Feu Follet". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    The book was written during the Dreyfus affair, hence the similarity of the stories.
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