The action itself caused protests from leftist politicians and sympathizers, including, among others, the influential Marxist thinker Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea (whose appeal in favor of Rakovsky was described by Iosif and Anghel as evidence of "an almost parental love"). The local socialists organized several rallies in his support, and the return of his citizenship was also backed by Take Ionescu's opposition group, the Conservative-Democratic Party. In exile, Rakovsky authored the pamphlet "Les persécutions politiques en Roumanie" ("Political Persecutions in Romania") and two books ("La Roumanie des boyars" – "Boyar Romania", and the since-lost "From the Kingdom of Arbitrariness and Cowardice").