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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. [1] The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring.
- Joseph Conrad
- 1907
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, London was subject to an anarchist bomb attack in 1894: this was possibly the first 'international terrorist' incident in Britain. The incident was immortalised by Joseph Conrad in his novel The Secret Agent. This article draws on manuscript notes of the event made by staff members, held in the Royal ...
The Secret Agent is a fictional take on a real-life event: the 1894 bombing in Greenwich Park, London. The true motives of the anarchist—who died in the explosion when his bomb went off prematurely—remain unknown to this day. The bomber's incompetence inspired Conrad to imagine this colorful backstory.
Sep 11, 2005 · The True Classic of Terrorism. "The Secret Agent," Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel about an anarchist plot to blow up the Royal Observatory at Greenwich -- in fact, a scheme by a secret police agent to ...
The story flashes forward to the aftermath of a terrorist bombing in Greenwich Park. Ossipon is having a beer with a mysterious figure called The Professor, an anarchist and bomb-maker who has a detonator and explosive device on his person at all times. Because the police know that he’ll set off the detonator if they try to arrest him, he ...
Jan 18, 2019 · posted on 18 Jan 2019 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. In 1894 a bomb exploded in Greenwich Park, killing (accidentally) the person carrying it. That person was Martial Bourdin, a member of an Anarchist organisation known as Club Autonomie and the supposed target the bomb had actually been meant for was The Greenwich Observatory.
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Greenwich Bombing. The terrorist incident in The Secret Agent was inspired by an actual event that occurred in London in 1894. On February 15 an explosion occurred in Greenwich Parkin the afternoon near the Royal Observatory. Authorities at the scene soon discovered the mortally wounded Martial Bourdin (c. 1868–94) and transferred him to the ...
