A Drama in Livonia | |
Title Orig: | Un drame en Livonie |
Translator: | I. O. Evans |
Illustrator: | Léon Benett |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Series: | The Extraordinary Voyages No. 52 |
Genre: | Adventure novel, tragedy |
Publisher: | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
Release Date: | 1904 |
English Release Date: | 1967 |
Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
Preceded By: | Traveling Scholarships |
Followed By: | The Lighthouse at the End of the World |
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.
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.