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Author | Jules Verne |
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Original title | Un drame en Livonie |
Translator | I. O. Evans |
Illustrator | Léon Benett |
Language | French |
Series | The Extraordinary Voyages No. 52 |
Genre | Adventure novel, tragedy |
Publisher | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
Publication date | 1904 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | 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.