Word: assassination
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...governed by an incapable king under the control of a tyrannous "Boss," Count della Croca; it is patrolled by a corrupt police force, and terrorized by a band of ruthless anarchists. These conspirators, incensed by one of the king's proclamations, decide to put an end to him. The assassin is chosen by lot, and turns out to be Nitro, the leader of the band. Meanwhile Della Croca, while attempting to coerce his daughter, Trivia, into a mercenary marriage, forces her by his violence to run away and join her lover, the secretary of the Dynamiters. These are confident...