The Quest of the Sacred Slipper - Rohmer, Sax
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The Quest of the Sacred Slipper is an exciting mystery full of action and suspense. Sax Rohmer was the pseudonym used by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward. Ward was a British novelist born in 1883. He is most remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr Fu Manchu. Other works include: The Sins of Severac Bablon (1914), The Yellow Claw (1915), The Devil Doctor (1916), The Hand of Fu-Manchu (1917), Brood of the Witch-Queen (1918), Dope (1919) and Bat Wing (1921). Quest of the Sacred Slipper involves a triangle between an American crook. Scotland Yard and an unknown Oriental.…mehr

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The Quest of the Sacred Slipper is an exciting mystery full of action and suspense. Sax Rohmer was the pseudonym used by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward. Ward was a British novelist born in 1883. He is most remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr Fu Manchu. Other works include: The Sins of Severac Bablon (1914), The Yellow Claw (1915), The Devil Doctor (1916), The Hand of Fu-Manchu (1917), Brood of the Witch-Queen (1918), Dope (1919) and Bat Wing (1921). Quest of the Sacred Slipper involves a triangle between an American crook. Scotland Yard and an unknown Oriental. The sacred slipper, rumored to have been worn by the great Prophet Mahomet has been stolen. Strange and horrid happenings are occurring in London, Behind these inhuman outrages is secret group of fanatics trained from childhood to wreak havoc on all who dared disturb their sacred relics. Scotland Yard cannot apprehend this group who have never really been seen or heard.
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Sax Rohmer was born on Feb. 15, 1883, in Birmingham, England, to William Ward and Margaret Mary. He was an internationally famous British writer who created the evil Chinese criminal Fu Manchu, the hero-villain of various books. The character Fu Manchu later appeared in films, radio, and TV.From childhood, Rohmer was fascinated by ancient Egypt, the Middle East, and witchcraft. Later on, working in brief in the financial district of London and as a Journalist, his developing interest in East Asia creates him more into fiction writing. He started using the middle name Sarsfield as a teenager and published his first stories under the name A. Sarsfield Ward. He began to publish only as Sax Rohmer in 1912, and he ultimately utilised this name professionally.