This greatest political novel of Robert Barrâs most beloved books has been written in years. Barr was a Scottish-Canadian author who relocated to London in 1881 where he founded the magazine âThe Idlerâ in 1892 in collaboration with Jerome K Jerome. In 1895 he retired from its co-editorship and became a prolific novelist. âThe Victors: A Romance Of Yesterday Morning & This Afternoon...â is a stirring story of a âbossâ and others. Patrick Maguire, big, brawny, and smooth of tongue, early decides that there is a good thing for him in the big city, and he starts after it. How he succeeds â becoming the big âbossâ by methods that are known to be practical and practiced by the initiatedâ is Mr. Barrâs theme. Another âlive issueâ treated by Mr. Barr is that of âChristian Scienceâ. The work has a climax whose strength has rarely been equaled in modern fiction.