The Story of the Seven Who Were Hanged

2 hrs. 54 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Leonid Andreyev

Description

“Since the minister was a very stout man, inclined to apoplexy, with all precautions—avoiding any dangerous agitation—he was warned that a very serious assassination attempt was being prepared against him. Seeing that the minister received the news calmly, even with a smile, they reported the details too: the attempt was to happen the next day, in the morning when he left with a report; several terrorists—already provided by a provocateur and now under the watchful surveillance of the detectives—were to gather at one o’clock at the entrance of the building with bombs and revolvers, and wait for his exit. That’s where they would be caught…”