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Olga Romanoff

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  • 33 chapters
  • Reading level: 8th & 9th grade

"Olga Romanoff" by George Chetwynd Griffith is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in a future where the world is governed by an aerial power known as the Aerians, the book revolves around key characters from the Romanoff lineage, particularly Olga Romanoff, as they navigate complex political landscapes and personal ambitions. The narrative explores themes of power, revenge, and the longing for a lost dynasty amidst the backdrop of a dramatically altered society. The opening of the story introduces a prologue by Israel di Murska, a figure known as Natas, reflecting on the legacy of the Aerians and their historical context in relation to the fall of the Tsars. He sets the stage for a world where tyranny has fallen to the will of the courageous, but warns of the perpetual risk posed by humankind's darker urges. Following this, we meet Olga and Serge, heirs to the Romanoff name, who are grieving the death of Paul Romanoff, Olga’s grandfather. They are charged with upholding their legacy whilst expressing their ambitions to reclaim their family's throne. As they prepare for their future, themes of vengeance, power struggles, and the potential for revolution intertwine to hint at the complexities that will unfold as the story progresses.

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Chapter I: The Surrender of the World-Throne

A HUNDRED years had passed since Natas, the Master of the Terror, had given into the hands of Richard Arnold his charge to the future generations of the Aerians—as the descendants of the Terrorists who had colonised the mountain-walled valley of Aeria, in Central Africa, were now called; since the man, who had planned and accomplished the greatest revolution in the history of the world, had given his last blessing to his companions-in-arms and their children, and had “turned his face to the wall and died.”

It was midday, on the 8th of December 2030, and the rulers of all the civilised States of the world were gathered together in St. Paul’s Cathedral to receive, from the hands of a descendant of Natas in the fourth generation, the restoration of the right of independent national rule which, on the same spot a hundred and twenty-five years before, had been taken from the sovereigns of Europe and vested in the Supreme Council of the Anglo-Saxon Federation.

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Contents

Show all 33 chapters
  1. Front Matter
  2. Chapter I: The Surrender of the World-Throne
  3. Chapter II: A Crownless King
  4. Chapter III: Tsarina Olga
  5. Chapter IV: A Son of the Gods
  6. Chapter V: A Vision from the Clouds
  7. Chapter VI: Deed and Dream
  8. Chapter VII: The Spell of Circe
  9. Chapter VIII: The New Terror
  10. Chapter IX: The Flight of the “Revenge.”
  11. Chapter X: Strange Tidings to Aeria
  12. Chapter XI: The Snake in Eden
  13. Chapter XII: The Battle of Kerguelen
  14. Chapter XIII: The Syren’s Stronghold
  15. Chapter XIV: From the Sea to the Air
  16. Chapter XV: Olga in Council
  17. Chapter XVI: Khalid the Magnificent
  18. Chapter XVII: An Unholy Alliance
  19. Chapter XVIII: A Momentous Commission
  20. Chapter XIX: Face to Face Again
  21. Chapter XX: The Call to Arms
  22. Chapter XXI: The Home-Coming
  23. Chapter XXII: The Eve of Battle
  24. Chapter XXIII: The First Blow
  25. Chapter XXIV: War at Its Worst
  26. Chapter XXV: A Message from Mars
  27. Chapter XXVI: Sentence of Death
  28. Chapter XXVII: Alma Speaks
  29. Chapter XXVIII: The Sign in the Sky
  30. Chapter XXIX: The Truce of God
  31. Chapter XXX: The Shadow of Death
  32. Chapter XXXI: The Last Battle
  33. Chapter XXXII: The She-Wolf to Her Lair

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This free edition of Olga Romanoff by George Chetwynd Griffith comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #54096, released 2017-02-02. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Novels.

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