He had seen the beaded strip of unpainted wood which guarded the electric light cables, and had improved the opportunity whilst the prosy brother was speaking to make a further reconnaissance. When he had entered the hall he had thrown a swift glance round the place and taken in every detail. The tall man’s hand was in his pocket when the detective spoke. Send you an email message telling you why.Previous Chapter Next Chapter Chapter II - The Fourth Man If we decide not to incorporate your report, we will usually Most reports are processed within a few days of submission.To a printed copy, please include the edition you used. We will attempt to maintain the text of the edition that we worked from, Many books have significant or minor changes between editions.If in doubt, we will always beĬautious, and preserve the original spelling. While we strive to fix printer’s errors, many words found in ourīooks may have archaic spelling.If you think we might need to communicate with Has page numbers, please include the page number otherwise please includeĪ significant text string to help us to locate the error. If the contents of theīook, please be as precise as you can as to the location. Please be clear in your message, if you are referring to the informationįound on this web page or the contents of the book. mobi file on your mobile device, please use. 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 century", although few of his books are still in print in the UK.-Wikipedia. Reeder detective stories, and the Green Archer. He is remembered for the creation of King Kong, as a writer of 'the colonial imagination', for the J. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. 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. He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.Ī prolific writer, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books then read in England were written by him. Drawing on time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines, later publishing collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). 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). He joined the army at 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was an English writer.īorn into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at 12.
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