The Avenger
Autor Edgar Wallaceen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2007
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780755114689
ISBN-10: 075511468X
Pagini: 215
Dimensiuni: 132 x 201 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: House Of Stratus
ISBN-10: 075511468X
Pagini: 215
Dimensiuni: 132 x 201 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: House Of Stratus
Notă biografică
Richard
Horatio
Edgar
Wallace
was
born
illegitimately
in
Greenwich,
London,
in
1875
to
actors
Mary
Jane
Richards
and
T.H.
Edgar.
As
an
infant
he
was
adopted
by
George
Freeman,
a
porter
at
Billingsgate
fish
market.
Aged
eleven,
Wallace
sold
newspapers
at
Ludgate
Circus
and
upon
leaving
school
took
a
job
with
a
printer.
He
later
enlisted
in
the
Royal
West
Kent
Regiment,
before
transferring
to
the
Medical
Staff
Corps,
and
was
sent
to
South
Africa.In
1898,
he
published
a
collection
of
poems
called
'The
Mission
that
Failed',
and
subsequently
left
the
army
to
become
correspondent
for
Reuters.
South
African
war
correspondent
for
'The
Daily
Mail'
followed
and
his
articles
were
later
published
as
'Unofficial
Dispatches'.
His
outspokenness
infuriated
Lord
Kitchener,
who
removed
his
credentials.
He
then
edited
the
'Rand
Daily
Mail',
but
gambled
disastrously
on
the
South
African
Stock
Market.Returning
to
England,
Wallace
at
first
reported
on
crimes
and
hanging
trials,
before
becoming
editor
of
'The
Evening
News'.
It
was
in
1905
that
he
founded
the
Tallis
Press,
publishing
'Smithy',
a
collection
of
soldier
stories,
and
'The
Four
Just
Men'.
The
latter
was
published
with
the
ending
removed
as
an
advertising
stunt
and
he
offered
Å"500
to
readers
who
could
successfully
guess
the
ending.
Unfortunately,
many
did
and
he
was
almost
bankrupted.
At
various
times
Wallace
also
worked
as
a
journalist
on
'The
Standard',
'The
Star',
'The
Week-End
Racing
Supplement'
and
'The
Story
Journal'.In
1917,
he
became
a
Special
Constable
at
Lincoln's
Inn
and
also
a
special
interrogator
for
the
War
Office.
The
Daily
Mail
sent
Wallace
to
investigate
atrocities
in
the
Belgian
Congo,
a
trip
that
provided
material
for
his
'Sanders
of
the
River'
books.
In
1923,
he
became
Chairman
of
the
Press
Club
and
in
1931
stood
as
a
Liberal
Parliamentary
candidate
for
Blackpool.
Wallace's
first
marriage
in
1901
to
Ivy
Caldecott,
daughter
of
a
missionary,
ended
in
divorce
in
1918
and
he
later
married
his
much
younger
secretary,
Violet
King.
Along
with
countless
articles,
some
23
screenplays
and
many
short
stories,
Wallace
wrote
more
than
170
books,
which
have
been
translated
into
28
languages
and
sales
of
which
have
exceeded
50
million
copies.
Over
160
films
have
been
made
from
his
books
-
more
than
any
other
author.
In
the
1920's
one
of
Wallace's
many
publishers
claimed
that
a
quarter
of
all
books
read
in
England
were
written
by
him.
His
sales
were
exceeded
only
by
'The
Bible'.
He
died
in
1932
whilst
working
on
the
screenplay
for
'King
Kong',
having
moved
to
Hollywood
after
being
offered
a
contract
by
RKO.
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Edgar Wallace, the original writer of King Kong and hundreds of vintage crime, science fiction and adventure novels, created The Avenger as a page-turning thriller about the mysterious death of Francis Elmer, a dark secret and a movie set. A classic crime thriller from a master storyteller who was a multi-million copy selling author in his time.
Edgar Wallace, the original writer of King Kong and hundreds of vintage crime, science fiction and adventure novels, created The Avenger as a page-turning thriller about the mysterious death of Francis Elmer, a dark secret and a movie set. A classic crime thriller from a master storyteller who was a multi-million copy selling author in his time.