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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Wulfheim (Hardcover)
Sax Rohmer
bundle available
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R687
Discovery Miles 6 870
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Brood of The Witch Queen is a supernatural novel by Sax Rohmer.
Sometimes called "Rohmers masterpiece" or "the scariest book ever
written". The story deals with Robert Cairn and his suspicions of
Antony Ferrara, the adopted son of an old friend and colleague of
Robert's father, Dr Bruce Cairn, of infernal magic and supernatural
influence. The novel begins with the strange murder of Sir Michael
Ferrara. A horrifying series of events follows, many of them take
place in an inner secret chamber inside a pyramid in Egypt.
Summoned elements, burned corpses, women forced to prey upon their
own husbands...
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Dope (Hardcover)
Sax Rohmer
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R830
Discovery Miles 8 300
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Monte Irvin, alderman of the city and prospective Lord Mayor of
London, paced restlessly from end to end of the well-appointed
library of his house in Prince's Gate. Between his teeth he gripped
the stump of a burnt-out cigar. A tiny spaniel lay beside the fire,
his beady black eyes following the nervous movements of the master
of the house.
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Bat Wing
Sax Rohmer
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R879
Discovery Miles 8 790
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was a
prolific English novelist. He is most remembered for his series of
novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. His first
published work was in 1903, the short story "The Mysterious Mummy"
for "Pearson's Weekly." He published his first novel -- "Pause!" --
anonymously in 1910 and the first Fu Manchu story, "The Mystery of
Dr. Fu Manchu," was serialized over 1912-13. The Fu Manchu stories,
together with those featuring Gaston Max or Morris Klaw, made
Rohmer one of the most successful and well-paid writers in of the
1920s and 1930s.
"Tales of Chinatown" is a collection of ten stories by Rohmer.
Rohmer's stories take place in the Limehouse, a section of London
containing Chinatown. Rohmer's Chinatown is full of the mystery and
menace of the East. "The superficial inquirer comes away convinced
that the romance of the Asiatic district has no existence outside
the imaginations of writers of fiction. Yet here lies a secret
quarter, as secret and as strange, in its smaller way, as its
parent in China which is called the Purple Forbidden City." In the
Limehouse you'll find crime, drugs, and Chief Inspector Red Kerry,
struggling to keep a lid on this particular pot.
Ten stories featuring perhaps the most fantastic sleuth of them
all: Moris Klaw, the Dream Detective. Accompanied by his beautiful
daughter Isis, Klaw's mysterious abilities lead him to clues and
answers concerning occult occurrances far beyond the ken of
ordinary minds. Moris Klaw is a gifted eccentric in the Holmesian
mode. The proprietor of a ramshackle antique shop in Wapping, Klaw
is a tall, stoop-shouldered man, of indeterminate age and
unidentifiable foreign acccent, with skin the color of "dirty
vellum". He wears gold pince-nez, a flat bowler hat, and an old
black cape, and is not only an expert in the legends and lore of
valuable historical objects, but also a master of disguise.
In this very strange and striking romance, the author has added a
remarkable charcter to fiction in the person of the world-dreamer
and idealist Paul Merle. Here is Rohmer's most ambitious work,
revealing his thoughts and philosophies more clearly than the
sensational works for which he is best known.
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