{"product_id":"the-earthquake-a-science-fiction-classic-9780992078652","title":"The Earthquake: A Science-Fiction Classic","description":"A British sci fi alt history classic from a successor to Jules Verne \u003cp\u003eIn the early hours of September 8, 1907, an earthquake of unprecedented power strikes London. Nelson's Column topples over. St. Paul's Cathedral is shaken to pieces. The Houses of Parliament subside into a great heap of rubble. Westminster Abbey partly collapses. Bridges across the Thames tumble into the river. And the Thames itself is blocked below Gravesend, cutting off shipping and threatening England with starvation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eThe Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e, a work of alt history and natural disaster fiction by William Holt-White from the early years of science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith appalling death, destruction and chaos in every direction, Britain's Prime Minister Blair declares martial law and begins restoring order. But the situation is worse than he can imagine. For evil forces in the person of Baron Von Prosen of Saxony are at work, plotting to permanently cripple England and bring the Empire down. Standing against Von Prosen is Blair's nephew, the Earl of Wilmers, and the woman Wilmers loves, American heiress Virginia Newcombe. After discovering the enormity of the scheme, Wilmers and Virginia must race against time and Von Prosen's henchmen to save England from violent uprising and economic collapse before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInspired by news reports of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, William Holt-White's \u003ci\u003eThe Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e moves with breakneck speed through the broken streets and perilous back alleys of London across the Atlantic to a breathtaking denouement in the United States. A popular disaster thriller in its day, it was the first of ten novels in the science-fiction, fantasy and mystery genres that Holt-White would write between 1906 and 1916, earning for himself a place alongside contemporaries H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. G. Wells as a successor to Jules Verne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Holt-White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Conquistador Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780992078652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILLIAM HOLT-WHITE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hanwell, Middlesex in 1878 and died in Eastry, Kent in 1937. He was a globetrotting correspondent and later editor for the London \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote fiction in his spare time, mainly in the science-fiction and fantasy genres, alongside such contemporaries as H. Rider Haggard, H. G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e (1906), \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Stole Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (1909), \u003ci\u003eThe Prime Minister's Secret\u003c\/i\u003e (1910), \u003ci\u003eHelen of All Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1910) \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Dreamed Right \u003c\/i\u003e (1910), \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Stood Still\u003c\/i\u003e (1912), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Saved the World\u003c\/i\u003e (1914) and \u003ci\u003eThe Super-Spy\u003c\/i\u003e (1916). He also penned biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Conquistador Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40530856247411,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0d9f6ca3-877d-4b00-b10a-390a373dd329.jpg?v=1666359947","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-earthquake-a-science-fiction-classic-9780992078652","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}