Edgar Wallace

Broschiertes Buch

Sandi, the King-Maker

Beschreibung

When a British colonial administrator is summoned to pacify the tumultuous Great King's country in Africa, he finds a land steeped in ancient traditions and simmering rivalries. Following the explosive demise of the ruling monarch, the administrator must anoint a successor from a pool of ambitious chiefs, each with their own agenda. His task is complicated by the powerful and feared "Devil Woman" of Limbi, whose ancient magic and pronouncements hold sway over the tribes. As he endeavors to establish law and order, and secretly searches for a long-lost missionary's daughter, he must use all his cunning, knowledge of native customs, and decisive action to prevent the territory from collapsing into a bloody tribal war. The fate of a nation rests on his ability to make a king.

Autor

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932) was an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at age 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialized short stories in magazines such as The Windsor Magazine and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognized author. Wallace was such a prolific writer that one of his publishers claimed that a quarter of all books in England were written by him. As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. He is remembered for the creation of King Kong, as a writer of 'the colonial imagination', for the J. G. Reeder detective stories and for The Green Archer serial. He sold over 50 million copies of his combined works in various editions, and The Economist describes him as "one of the most prolific thriller writers of [the 20th] century."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 172g
• ISBN-13: 9781667661773
• ISBN-10: 1667661779
• Artikelnr.: 74518215