Young Irishman Gerard Pierce de Lacy is sent to the year 2179 A.D. by a mysterious figure named the Bohemian, where he falls in love, fights with the underground using fantastic weapons against the Chinese overlords, defeats the overlords, and puts his love on the throne of the world.
Know then that it is within my power to transfer you from the age in which we live, of which all the interest has for you been exhausted, to any other age that you may select, past or future.

Variants

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  1. The Queen of the World, or Under the Tyranny, as by Luke Netterville (Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1900).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Standish O’Grady as by Luke Netterville