London: CHATTO & WINDUS, 111 St. Martin’s Lane, W.C.
THE CHRONICLES
OF
MICHAEL DANEVITCH
THE CHRONICLES
OF
MICHAEL DANEVITCH
OF THE RUSSIAN SECRET SERVICE
BY
DICK DONOVAN
AUTHOR OF
‘THE MAN-HUNTER,’ ‘TRACKED AND TAKEN,’ ‘CAUGHT AT LAST,’
‘A DETECTIVE’S TRIUMPHS,’ ‘VIDOCQ,’ ETC.
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1897
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| THE CHRONICLES OF MICHAEL DANEVITCH: | |
| INTRODUCTION | [ 1] |
| THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A MILLION ROUBLES | [ 7] |
| A MODERN BORGIA | [ 33] |
| THE STRANGE STORY OF AN ATTACHÉ | [ 60] |
| THE FATE OF VASSILO IVANOFF | [ 91] |
| THE MERCHANT OF RIGA | [ 116] |
| THE GREAT CONSPIRACY | [ 143] |
| THE CROWN JEWELS | [ 166] |
| THE STRANGE STORY OF A SECRET TREATY | [ 193] |
| HOW PETER TRESKIN WAS LURED TO DOOM | [ 227] |
| THE CLUE OF THE DEAD HAND: | |
| I. NEW YEAR’S EVE: THE MYSTERY BEGINS | [ 262] |
| II. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS—THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY PETER BRODIE, OF THE DETECTIVE SERVICE | [ 276] |
| III. THE DEAD HAND SMITES | [ 288] |