The King of the Mountains by Edmond About
"The King of the Mountains" by Edmond About is a French novel published in 1857. A German botanist searching for rare plants in Greece is kidnapped alongside a wealthy English mother and daughter by Hadgi-Stavros, a legendary brigand chief who once fought for Greek independence. As ransom demands mount and supposed rescuers prove corrupt, the captives discover that survival depends on navigating a treacherous world where heroism and villainy blur, and evenescape may not bring the expected rewards. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | About, Edmond, 1828-1885 |
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| Translator | Kingsbury, Carlton A., Mrs. |
| Uniform Title | Le roi des montagnes. English |
| Title | The King of the Mountains |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Roi_des_montagnes |
| Credits | E-text prepared by sp1nd, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Brigands and robbers -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 42096 |
| Release Date | Feb 15, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 400 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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