NORDENHOLT’S
MILLION
BY
J. J. CONNINGTON

CONSTABLE & CO. LTD.
LONDON · BOMBAY · SYDNEY
1923

Printed in Great Britain by
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

TO
J. N. C.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. GENESIS[ 1]
II. THE COMING OF “THE BLIGHT”[ 16]
III. B. DIAZOTANS[ 26]
IV. PANIC [ 35]
V. NORDENHOLT [ 41]
VI. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BREAKING-STRAIN [ 64]
VII. NORDENHOLT’S MILLION [ 88]
VIII. THE CLYDE VALLEY[ 103]
IX. INTERMEZZO[ 125]
X. THE DEATH OF THE LEVIATHAN[ 140]
XI. FATA MORGANA[ 149]
XII. NUIT BLANCHE [ 156]
XIII. RECONSTRUCTION [ 189]
XIV. WINTER IN THE OUTER WORLD [ 208]
XV. DOCUMENT B. 53. X. 15[ 224]
XVI. IN THE NITROGEN AREA[ 240]
XVII. PER ITER TENEBRICOSUM[ 256]
XVIII. THE ELEVENTH HOUR [ 271]
XIX. THE BREAKING-STRAIN[ 289]
XX. ASGARD[ 298]

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