Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King KongAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Monday 27 October 2014
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
19 Nov 2019
>>
€8.18
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
20 Aug 2019
>>
€8.18
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
16 May 2019
>>
€8.18
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
19 Nov 2019
>>
€8.18
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Description
He was the author of over 170 books, translated into more than thirty languages. More films were made from his books than any other twentieth-century writer, and in the 1920s a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. `It is impossible not to be thrilled by Edgar Wallace', said the blurb on Wallace's books.
He was the author of over 170 books, translated into more than thirty languages. More films were made from his books than any other twentieth-century writer, and in the 1920s a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. Edgar Wallace, the illegitimate son of a travelling actress, rose from poverty in Victorian England to become the most popular author in the world and a global celebrity of his age. He scooped the signing of the Boer War peace treaty when working as a war correspondent, before achieving success as a film director and playwright. At the height of his success, he was earning a vast fortune, but the money went out as fast as it came in. Famous for his thrillers, with their fantastic plots, in many ways Wallace did not write his most exciting story: he lived it. `It is impossible not to be thrilled by Edgar Wallace', said the blurb on Wallace's books. Indeed, it is impossible not to be thrilled by his rags-to-riches story, told here in Stranger than Fiction.
Reviews