Hartmann, the Anarchist; Or, The Doom of the Great City
Illustrated by Fred T. Jane
"Hartmann, the Anarchist; Or, The Doom of the Great City" by E. Douglas Fawcett is a science fiction novel published in 1893. A young gentleman befriends the enigmatic Rudolph Hartmann and becomes entangled in a catastrophic plot to destroy London using an advanced airship called The Attila. Through fire and bombardment, the city falls as Hartmann pursues his radical vision of replacing civilization with anarchism. This early work of speculative fiction explores the violent collision between utopian ideals and devastating reality in fin de siècle London.
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