The Slave of the Lamp

by Henry Seton Merriman

It was, not so many years ago, called the Rue de l'Empire, but republics are proverbially sensitive. Once they are established they become morbidly desirous of obliterating a past wherein no republic flourished. The street is therefore dedicated to St. Gi

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1892

About the author

Hugh Stowell Scott was an English novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman).

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1862, he became an underwriter at Lloyd's of London, but then devoted himself to travel and to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. Scott visited India as a tourist in 1877-8 and set his novel Flotsam (1896) there. He was an enthusiastic traveller, many of his journeys being undertaken with his friend and fellow author Stanley J. Weyman. He was unusually modest and retiring in character. He died of appendicitis at the age of about forty at Melton, Suffolk.

Reviews

[Julie Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

In Paris three conspirators meet and plan revolution. In London a brilliant young journalist for The Beacon is sent on vacation for his health's sake to the countryside. A specialist in French politics, he is surprised to recognize an old Italian immigrant is not who he pretends to be. Intrigue is brewing, written with many a clever and humorous turn of phrase by an author who I've only recently discovered.

FINAL - this was enjoyable although I was surprised when it delivered a big beat-down to the Jesuits as some of the baddies instigating rebellion to regain power for the Church in France. I still liked it.