A Man of Mark

by Anthony Hope

Language: English

Published: 1890-01-01. 39,088 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Politics

Content Rating: Older than 7

John Martin, a young English banker, is posted to the unstable South American republic of Aureataland, where President Marcus W. Whittingham rules with charm, cunning, and questionable financial morality. When Martin becomes entangled in the republic’s national debt, political conspiracies, and revolutionary plotting, he must decide where his loyalty lies: with the official government, the rebels, his own fortune, or the alluring Signorina who complicates every calculation.

Set in the fictional Republic of Aureataland, the novel mixes political satire, financial intrigue, light romance, and adventure. It anticipates Hope’s later Ruritanian style, using an imaginary country, unstable politics, comic irony, and a gentleman protagonist drawn into affairs much larger than himself. Project Gutenberg classifies it under political fiction, man-woman relationships, bankers, and British characters in South America. ([Project Gutenberg][2])