{"product_id":"rival-caesars-desmond-dilg-9789198593389","title":"Rival Caesars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRIVAL CAESARS - A Romance of Ambition, Love and War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing the tale of a Vice-President, a Major-General and three brilliant and beautiful women.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the initiated \u003ci\u003e\"a recruiting tool for revolutionary dreams.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Desmond Dilg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author says in an introductory note; \"From original documents preserved from utter destruction in a very remarkable manner this book has been written. The discovery of these documents (withered and tattered and mouldy with age and damp) is in itself a strange and tragic story. Someday it shall be related.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis mysterious document, it is elsewhere stated, makes the revelation that Theodosia Alston, Aaron Burr's daughter, did not perish by shipwreck, as is generally supposed, but lived many years afterwards in Cuba. There has of recent years been new documentary evidence brought to light from Spanish sources touching on the alleged conspiracy for which Burr was tried at Richmond, but the ancient papers which this Chicago romanticist mentions are, of course, imaginary. With their aid, however, he has managed to weave an interesting, though necessarily fanciful, story, in which Burr and Hamilton are the principal characters, the latter showing to the best advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story begins in the colonial days, when Burr and Hamilton were both young men in New York and continue until after the fatal duel. It is supposed that both the \"Rival Caesars\" were members of a secret organization known as \"The Iron Cross,\" and in this way, as well as in some other respects, the story is given suggestion of the weird and occult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author (the \u003ci\u003eChicago romanticist\u003c\/i\u003e) Desmond Dilg, is in fact a pseudonym for Arthur Desmond (1859-1929) and Will H. Dilg (1867-1927) who collaborated in writing \u003ci\u003eRival Caesars.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Desmond most famous for being the author of \u003ci\u003eMight is Right\u003c\/i\u003e, (1896) which he wrote under his \u003ci\u003enom de guerre\u003c\/i\u003e Ragnar Redbeard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill H. Dilg (1867-1927) was one of the 54 founders of the Izaak Walton League and served as the organization's first national president. Dilg wrote articles for \"\u003ci\u003eOutdoor America. Defenders of the Woods, Waters and Wild Life, \u003c\/i\u003e\" and the book \"\u003ci\u003eTragic Fishing Moments.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Desmond Dilg, Ragnar Redbeard, Will H. Dilg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9198593382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789198593389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ragnar Redbeard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Desmond Dilg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465589018879,"sku":"9789198593389","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5bc9a4d6-4ba4-460d-a148-c0ef8de74f5b.jpg?v=1736346705","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rival-caesars-desmond-dilg-9789198593389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}