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"'The Conqueror' is well worth reading. In fact, if once it is started, it will not be put down until we have rioted with the author to the last page. It is a book that is certain to create and hold interest and to stir up much comment. It is at once daring and unconventional, and it flings tradition to the winds."—Denver Republican.

"Realizing that Mrs. Atherton has sown political dragon's teeth, certain to bring forth clashing opinions, we can only appreciate the fascination and vigor of her work. Upon the whole, it is incomparably more illuminating than any mass of non-vitalized facts collected by the plodding historian."—New York Times' Saturday Review.

"Among the notable productions of the year must be reckoned Mrs. Gertrude Atherton's brilliant character novel. In intellectual grasp, virility, and compelling interest this fearless author takes front rank."—Providence Telegram.

"Till now there has arisen neither man nor woman to do what has been done in this exciting narrative of an exciting life . . . permeated with the passionate brain vitality of a woman who can write as well as think."—Standard Union, Brooklyn.

"It may start a revolution in the methods of our historical novelists. It is a composite yet a splendid picture."—New York Herald.