Chapter I: Front Matter

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST

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MR. HENTY'S HISTORICAL TALES.

THE CAT OF BUBASTES: A Story of Ancient Egypt. 5s.
THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN: A Story of the Times of Hannibal. 6s.
FOR THE TEMPLE: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. 6s.
BERIC THE BRITON: A Story of the Roman Invasion. 6s.
THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN: or, The Days of King Alfred. 5s.
WULF THE SAXON: A Story of the Norman Conquest. 6s.
A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS: The Siege of Rhodes. 6s.
IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE: A Story of Wallace and Bruce. 6s.
THE LION OF ST. MARK: A Story of Venice in the 14th Century. 6s.
ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND: A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. 5s.
A MARCH ON LONDON: A Story of Wat Tyler. 5s.
BOTH SIDES THE BORDER: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower. 6s.
AT AGINCOURT: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris. 6s.
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST: or, With Cortez in Mexico. 6s.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. 6s.
BY PIKE AND DYKE: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. 6s.
BY ENGLAND'S AID: or, The Freeing of the Netherlands. 6s.
UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG: A Tale of the Spanish Main. 6s.
THE LION OF THE NORTH: A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus. 6s.
WON BY THE SWORD: A Tale of the Thirty Years' War. 6s.
WHEN LONDON BURNED: A Story of the Great Fire. 6s.
ORANGE AND GREEN: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. 5s.
A JACOBITE EXILE: In the Service of Charles XII. 5s.
IN THE IRISH BRIGADE: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain. 6s.
THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE: or, With Peterborough in Spain. 5s.
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden. 6s.
WITH CLIVE IN INDIA: or, The Beginnings of an Empire. 6s.
WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT: The Seven Years' War. 6s.
WITH WOLFE IN CANADA: or, The Winning of a Continent. 6s.
TRUE TO THE OLD FLAG: The American War of Independence. 6s.
HELD FAST FOR ENGLAND: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar. 5s.
IN THE REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution. 5s.
NO SURRENDER! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendée. 5s.
A ROVING COMMISSION: A Story of the Hayti Insurrection. 6s.
THE TIGER OF MYSORE: The War with Tippoo Saib. 6s.
AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE: Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt. 5s.
WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA: A Tale of the Peninsular War. 6s.
UNDER WELLINGTON'S COMMAND: The Peninsular War. 6s.
WITH COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS: A Tale of his Exploits. 6s.
THROUGH THE FRAY: A Story of the Luddite Riots. 6s.
THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS: The Retreat from Moscow. 5s.
ONE OF THE 28TH: A Story of Waterloo. 5s.
IN GREEK WATERS: A Story of the Grecian War (1821). 6s.
ON THE IRRAWADDY: A Story of the First Burmese War. 5s.
THROUGH THE SIKH WAR: A Tale of the Punjaub. 6s.
MAORI AND SETTLER: A Story of the New Zealand War. 5s.
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA: A Story of the American Civil War. 6s.
BY SHEER PLUCK: A Tale of the Ashanti War. 5s.
OUT WITH GARIBALDI: A Story of the Liberation of Italy. 5s.
FOR NAME AND FAME: or, To Cabul with Roberts. 5s.
THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM: A Tale of the Nile Expedition. 6s.
CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST: A Story of Escape from Siberia. 5s.
WITH BULLER IN NATAL: or, A Born Leader. 6s.

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST

A STORY OF ESCAPE FROM SIBERIA

BY G. A. HENTY

Author of "Beric the Briton" "In Freedom's Cause" "The Lion of the North" "The Young Carthaginian" "Under Wellington's Command" &c.

_ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER PAGET_

LONDON

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