"Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad" by L. Frank Baum is a young adult novel written in 1907. Eccentric millionaire John Merrick takes his three nieces on a grand European tour, where adventure and danger await. In Sicily, they encounter the mysterious Victor Valdi, who leads a double life as a brigand kidnapping tourists for ransom. When Uncle John is captured, his courageous nieces must mount a daring rescue, while romantic intrigue unfolds and trust proves dangerously misplaced in this tale of Americans abroad. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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