Who Really Killed King Humbert
Written by
Allen Upward
Copyright 1903
First published as Part 5 of Underground History in Pearson's (UK&US), May 1903 and in Secret Service Stories, May 1928. Story 5 of 12 contained in the collection
Hearing that there were people interested in the killing of King Humbert of Italy, an unspecified European sovereign hires V to learn more about the Anarchists who seem behind the threat. Interestingly, to learn who wants an Italian monarch dead, V travels from Paris to London to New York. And then manages to find the truth lies in Ethiopia.