Fire Tongue - Brossura

Rohmer, Sax

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0755116232 ISBN 13: 9780755116232

Casa editrice: House of Stratus Ltd, 2008

Riassunto

'Despair was alien to his character. A true Englishman, he never knew when he was beaten.' Detective Paul Harley has an office in Chancery Lane. However, his meeting with Sir Charles Abingdon is to result in a case that takes him far from familiar London streets. Sir Charles is being followed and asks Harley to call on him - and then drops down dead after gasping the words, 'Fire Tongue'. Harley's search for truth and the identity of Fire Tongue leads him to strange characters, a secret organization, occult mysteries and immense danger. Will he survive the discovery?

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L'autore:

Sax Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward in 1883. As a schoolboy he was interested in Egyptology and the occult; later he became fascinated by theosophy, alchemy and mysticism. After a brief stint in the City of London, Rohmer became a Fleet Street journalist. The publication of two of his stories in magazines saw the start of his career as an adventure novelist and to begin with Rohmer wrote under a variety of pen names. The sinister arch-criminal Fu Manchu was his most famous creation, appearing for the first time in The Mystery of Fu Manchu, and a hugely popular series followed. Several films were made about Rohmer's villainous creation: notably The Mask of Fu Manchu in 1932 starring Boris Karloff and featuring Christopher Lee in the Hammer productions of the 1960's.

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• Editore: House of Stratus Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0755116232
• ISBN 13: 9780755116232
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 234