Stranger than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong
The rags to riches storyof one of the most popular writers of the 20th centuryHe was the author of 173 books, translated into more than 30 languages. More films were made from his books than any other 20th century writer, and in the 1920s a quarter of all books read in England were written by...
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The rags to riches storyof one of the most popular writers of the 20th centuryHe was the author of 173 books, translated into more than 30 languages. More films were made from his books than any other 20th 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 traveling actress, rose from povert
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780752498829 (0752498827)
Publisher: The History Press
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This read like a series of newspaper articles, sets of facts without too much comment, though there is a fair bit of comment on the treatment of popular literature of the time that sounds just like modern moments I've seen play out, both about popular literature and women's literature. And with Wal...