The Lust of Hate
This is the third Dr Nikola book in a series of five written by Guy Boothby. The main character is Gilbert Pennethorne a man whom "Lady luck" has deserted. A number of commercial failures, estrangement from his family, Unsuccessful gold prospecting in Australia and finally having the location of one of the richest undiscovered gold mines in the world stolen from him by a man whom he classifies as his worst enemy. This tips him over the edge of normal reason, such that his desire for revenge is all consuming.
This gives Dr Nikola, ever the master manipulator, the opportunity to utilise Pennethorne’s hatred to his financial advantage by convincing him to murder Richard Bartrand the thief of the mine (now a multi millionaire) in a devilish and bizarre mechanical method. After the deed is done, Pennethorne, essentially a decent man, realises his serious error in being an accomplice to Nikola and flees the country en route for South Africa. Thus his adventures at sea and on land begin and his true nature is divulged. (Peter Keeble)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | My Chance in Life | Peter John Keeble |
00:51:21 |
Play 01 | England Once More | Peter John Keeble |
00:53:14 |
Play 02 | A Gruesome Tale | Peter John Keeble |
00:36:41 |
Play 03 | The Lust of Hate | Peter John Keeble |
00:38:10 |
Play 04 | A Strange Coincidence | Peter John Keeble |
00:32:20 |
Play 05 | The Wreck of the Fiji Princess | Peter John Keeble |
00:28:10 |
Play 06 | The Salvages | Peter John Keeble |
00:33:16 |
Play 07 | A Bitter Disappointment | Peter John Keeble |
00:30:29 |
Play 08 | We Are Saved | Peter John Keeble |
00:36:07 |
Play 09 | South Africa | Peter John Keeble |
00:21:21 |
Play 10 | I Tell My Story | Peter John Keeble |
00:26:41 |
Play 11 | A Terrible Surprise | Peter John Keeble |
00:25:44 |
Play 12 | The End | Peter John Keeble |
00:24:42 |