ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES WRENN
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1916
Copyright, 1916, by
THOMAS DIXON
Copyright, 1915, 1916, by The National Sunday Magazine
All rights reserved, including that of translation into
all foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
Printed in the United States of America
TO
MY FRIEND
JAMES B. DUKE
TO THE READER
THIS novel is not a rehash of the idea of a foreign conquest of America based on the accidents of war. It is a study of the origin, meaning and destiny of American Democracy by one who believes that the time is ripe in this country for a revival of the principles on which our Republic was founded.
Thomas Dixon.
Los Angeles, California
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| “From every window they received a hail of bullets” | [Frontispiece] |
| Facing Page | |
| “ ‘In God’s name, what regiment’s that?’ ” | [200] |
| “ ‘It’s all love’s victory, dearest’ ” | [258] |
| “Tommaso staggered to the breastworks and stood one man against an army” | [276] |
| “A battery of artillery cleared the barricades and the slaughter began” | [316] |
| “Angela swept close ... fired and circled to fire again” | [360] |