Biographie de l'auteur
Sax Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward in 1883. As a schoolboy he was interested in Egyptology and the occult; later he became fascinated by theosophy, alchemy and mysticism. After a brief stint in the City of London, Rohmer became a Fleet Street journalist. The publication of two of his stories in magazines saw the start of his career as an adventure novelist and to begin with Rohmer wrote under a variety of pen names. The sinister arch-criminal Fu Manchu was his most famous creation, appearing for the first time in The Mystery of Fu Manchu, and a hugely popular series followed. Several films were made about Rohmer's villainous creation: notably The Mask of Fu Manchu in 1932 starring Boris Karloff and featuring Christopher Lee in the Hammer productions of the 1960's.
Présentation de l'éditeur
The United States is in the middle of a crucial presidential campaign when one of the two major candidates mysteriously disappears. Has he been kidnapped or killed? Only Denis Nayland Smith knows what evil force lies behind the crisis - the sinister genius of Fu Manchu - however even Sir Denis has not reckoned on the extent of his ambitions. Once a puppet candidate is installed in the White House the oriental fiend will be President Fu Manchu and the world will face its biggest danger yet.
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