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Header from serial publication in the Adelaide Advertiser.
Is part of
Gilbert Larose Mysteries
1926
series - author
novel
(number
14
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1938...
1938
The Fall of a Dictator
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'DICTATORS have many things in common, and General Bratz, ruler of Cyranta, was a typical despot. He had won power by ruthless might, and he maintained it by a reign of terror unparalleled in his country's turbulent history. An army of secret police, grim prisons, and horrid tortures kept his people in subjection, but these things brought no peace of mind to General Bratz, for he knew the Secret Services of half a dozen countries were seeking his most closely-guarded plans for conquering Europe. It is the exciting adventures of a British agent in the seething little kingdom of Cyrania that make such thrilling reading of "The Fall of a Dictator," the novel which Arthur Gask, the well-known Adelaide author, has just completed.'
Source:
'New Serial by Arthur Gask', Advertiser, 17 December 1938, p.19.
Notes
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Set in a fictionalised European country called Cyrmenia, this work concerns a British spy who is hunting for a new model torpedo. (Source: 'Notes on Australian Science Fiction' 70, 1983).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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More Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction
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More Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction
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