Augustus Melmotte is a fraudulent foreign financier who preys on dissolute nobility – using charm to tempt the weak into making foolish investments in his dubious schemes. Persuaded to put money into a notional plot to run a railroad from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, the capricious gambler Felix Carbury soon becomes one of his victims.
Author Anthony Trollope Published by Penguin Classics ISBN 9780140433920 EAN 9780140433920 Bic Code Cover Paperback
