The About, Edmond 1828-1885 creator Kingsbury, Carlton A., Mrs. text utu 2013 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The King of the Mountains" by Edmond About is a French novel published in 1857. A German botanist searching for rare plants in Greece is kidnapped alongside a wealthy English mother and daughter by Hadgi-Stavros, a legendary brigand chief who once fought for Greek independence. As ransom demands mount and supposed rescuers prove corrupt, the captives discover that survival depends on navigating a treacherous world where heroism and villainy blur, and even escape may not bring the expected rewards. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Roi_des_montagnes Release date is 2013-02-15 E-text prepared by sp1nd, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) Original publication data not identified Brigands and robbers -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42096 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42096 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133949.0 42096