A Bid for Fortune, or Dr Nikola's Vendetta
The first adventure of the sinister Dr Nikola, from Sydney to London to the South Seas: a best-selling thriller by an Adelaide-born author.
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Why this is free
- In Australia
Guy Boothby (author) died in 1905. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1955. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.
- In the United States
First published in 1895. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.
- Our text
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From the Standard Ebooks edition, which is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. We re-packaged the text without its cover art or images. Thank you to its volunteer producers.
Our sectioning, cover and EPUB packaging are dedicated to the public domain (CC0 1.0).
- Rights record
rights.json, checked 2026-10-19. Death dates: Guy Boothby (Wikidata, ADB, catalogue). First publication: reference.
