Maraton, a successful revolutionary Labour leader in Chicago, returns to his native England. Julia Trendheim and her brother, fervent Jewish socialists who had eagerly awaited his arrival, welcome him. But first, he meets with Lord Foley, the prime minister, and meets Lady Elizabeth, his beautiful niece. In England, people welcome him as a prophet. Maraton urges an extreme program of general strikes to collapse the whole English industrial sector and launch a prolonged fight for wealth redistribution. He makes persuasive arguments for the poor in a number of places. On the other side, Lord Foley believes that England's enemies are waiting for a significant strike to disrupt the nation so that they may then invade and take over. Will they succeed in their plan? What will be the fate of England? Read A People’s Man to know the complete story.
E. Phillips Oppenheim was born on October 22, 1866, in Tohhenham, London, England, to Henrietta Susannah Temperley Budd and Edward John Oppenheim, a leather retailer. After leaving school at age 17, he helped his father in his leather business and used to write in his extra time. His first novel, Expiration (1886), and subsequent thrillers piqued the interest of a wealthy New York businessman who eventually bought out the leather business and made Oppenheim a high-paid director.He is more focused on dedicating most of his time to writing. The novels, volumes of short stories, and plays that followed, numbering more than 150, were about humans with modern heroes, fearless spies, and stylish noblemen. The Long Arm of Mannister (1910), The Moving Finger (1911), and The Great Impersonation (1920) are three of his most famous essays.