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What if a single mysterious book could change the fate of an empire?
In Edgar Wallace’s The Book of All-Power, a mysterious volume draws people into a struggle for power. Revolution forms the backdrop, and the fate of an empire hangs in the balance. The question is not simply what the book contains, but what people will do to claim the power they believe it holds.
Wallace builds this adventure around secrets, intrigue and shifting loyalties. In a world of rulers and rebels, trust is hard to place, and hidden plans keep danger close. Plain language and quick plotting carry the story forward, making this a book for readers who want to follow the action rather than linger over quiet reflection.
What you’ll discover
- A volume worth pursuing Follow the struggle around a mysterious book believed to hold extraordinary power.
- An empire at stake Enter a world where revolution threatens more than the people caught in its path.
- Trust under pressure Explore an atmosphere of intrigue, where secret plans make loyalties difficult to judge.
- Adventure with momentum Enjoy plain language, strong hooks and quick plotting that keep your attention on what comes next.
- Secrets that draw people in Discover how one prized object becomes the focus of competing hopes and dangerous ambitions.
Who will love it
For readers who like chases, secret societies, daring escapes and a comic sidekick with a quick gun, and for anyone curious about Russia in the years of the Tsar and the Revolution.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A young engineer hears a strange name
- A plot is hatched at the Silver Lion
- Kensky warns the Grand Duchess
- The raid and the gunman's rescue
- Riots in Kieff and a book is hidden
- A drugged night and a blinded servant
- The Commissary and the prison of St. Basil
Who’s who
- Malcolm HayA young British engineer who goes to Russia for an oil company and falls in love with a Grand Duchess.
- Irene YaroslavThe proud and brave Grand Duchess, who protects old Kensky and wants to be free of those who hunt her.
- Israel KenskyAn old Jewish merchant and bookbinder of Kieff, feared as a wizard, who guards a mysterious volume.
- Cherry BimA short, cheerful American crook and sharpshooter who refuses to murder but will fight when needed.
- BoolbaA crooked-nosed servant of the Grand Duke who plots for power and wants the book above all.
- Sophia KenskyIsrael's bitter daughter, who spies on her father and hates the Grand Duchess for her rank.
- General MalinkoffA former army commander, now a Moscow cab driver, who keeps his humor and his sense of honor.
- Prince SerganoffA vain, ruthless police chief and heir to the Yaroslav estates, who wants the Grand Duchess ruined.
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The Book of All-Power
by Edgar Wallace · 1921
A young engineer carries a locked book that peasants, priests and a blind commissary would kill to own.
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The Book of All-Power is an adventure novel by Edgar Wallace, an English writer who died in 1932. It runs from a London office in the years before the First World War to the Russia of the Revolution.
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A young engineer hears a strange name
Malcolm Hay is twenty-two and thrilled by his first job. The chairman of the Ukraine Oil Company, Mr. Tremayne, sends him to Russia as an engineer. He warns Malcolm that Russia is a puzzle, that local saints matter more than a science degree, and that one name is worth knowing above all. That name is Israel Kensky.
Kensky is an old Jewish merchant and moneylender from Kieff, now visiting London. He is rich and respected by some, hated by many, and the company's agent. Hay is told he must meet him.
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What is The Book of All-Power about?
It follows a young British engineer in Russia who becomes entangled with a Grand Duchess and an old merchant. Many people believe the merchant's locked book holds magic that can control others, and they are ready to kill for it.
Who is Cherry Bim?
Cherry Bim is a short, cheerful American crook and gunman. He refuses to commit murder, speaks in lively slang and becomes a loyal and useful friend to the hero in the dangers of Revolution Russia.
Is The Book of All-Power a true story?
No, it is an adventure novel by Edgar Wallace. It uses real settings, including Kieff, Moscow and the years around the Revolution, but its people and plots are invented for the thrills.
The author
Edgar Wallace
1875–1932 · British crime writer
Edgar Wallace was a hugely prolific British writer of thrillers and crime fiction who later co-created the story for King Kong. The Adventures of Heine follows Heine, a German secret agent, through a series of comic misadventures in Britain during the First World War.
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