Guy Newell Boothby

A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikolas Vendetta Annotated Guy Newell Boothby

Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 - 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's Vendetta By Guy Newell Booth by this is the first in Boothby's series of Dr. Nikola novels. It opens with the manager of a fine London restaurant preparing for a dinner reserved in an odd letter originating from Brazil 3 months prior, for 4 persons in a private room, where 3 guests will arrive showing cards with a red dot.