E. Douglas Fawcett 2 hr 17 min read

From his fantastic aerial warship, the anarchist Hartmann rains destruction on London, shelling the Houses of Parliament in a dream of tearing down civilization itself.

E. Douglas Fawcett's 1893 novel, illustrated by Fred T. Jane, is a vivid early tale of aerial terror and revolutionary violence. Prophetic, dark scientific romance. Read it for a striking Victorian vision of airborne war and anarchist apocalypse over the great city.

In its time

Published in 1893, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 17 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Fred T. Jane