The Holy Terror

by H. G. Wells

Overview

Presenting itself as a biography of Rudolf "Rud" Whitlow, who is born with such an aggressive temperament that scarcely is he born but his monthly nurse exclaims: "It's a Holy Terror!" Rud Whitlow goes on to become the founder of the first world state, long a Wellsian dream.The events take place in the recognizable recent English past, though it should be noted that Wells warns that "Every person, place and thing in this story-even the countries in which it happens-are fictitious...The England, the America, the London in this book are not the England, America and London of geography and journalism, but England, America, and London transposed into imaginative narrative."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781531295769
Publisher:	Endymion Press
Publication date:	08/28/2016
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

H.G. Wells (1866–1946), born Herbert George Wells, was an English author known for not only his popular science fiction books but also works of social commentary, history and biography. His first novel, The Time Machine, was published in 1895. Socially progressive and visionary in intellect, H.G. Wells became one of the most prolific writers of his generation. Through books like The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and War of the Worlds, Wells delved into a plethora of social, philosophical and political ideas through the medium of what we now call science fiction.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England

Table of Contents

	Preliminary Note	i
Book 1	Incubation
1	Tender Years	3
2	Debut	25
3	Exploration	63
Book 2	The Hatching
1	The Group Assembles	103
2	The Captured Platform	143
3	Rud Becomes a Public Character	177
Book 3	Uprush
1	The Enlargement of Rud	221
2	High Tide of World Mutiny	289
3	Mastery	321
Book 4	Zenith Transit
1	World Trustee	375
2	The God Caesar	433
3	Post-mortem	489