The central character is a young Englishman, who goes off on a search for a manuscript, a lost play by the ancient Greek writer Alexis, from around the time of Socrates, "The Gadfly".
The central character is a young Englishman, who goes to the continent after some difficulties. There he meets Erasmus, who asks him to try to retrieve a manuscript, a lost play by the ancient Greek writer Alexis, from the time of Socrates, "The Gadfly".