Immediately before World War II, Fu-Manchu decides to kill or control the world’s war-mongering dictators, to pave the way for his own plans. The rapid-fire action moves from London to Venice to Paris, and involves various arcane and scientific forms of torture and death. BONUS FEATURE: "The Mark of the Monkey", the second of three “lost adventures of Nayland Smith.” It appeared in Collier’s in 1931, then in the short story collection Tales of East and West.
This first novel in Sax Rohmer's series, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu combined together previously written short stories into a single story about the dealings of this criminal mastermind.
It collates various short stories published the preceding year. The novel was also published in US under the title The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu.
This final volume in the Fu-Manchu collection brings together some unpublished manuscripts, and stories which have previously appeared only in magazine form, by the late Sax Rohmer.
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu
The insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu (1913) is the first novel in the Dr. Fu Manchu (sometimes "Fu-Manchu") series by Sax Rohmer. It collates various short stories that were published the preceding year.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.
"A dozen tales of suspense and terror by the great Sax Rohmer, including four adventures featuring his most iconic creation, Dr. Fu-Manchu.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Paramount had the first Warner Oland picture gearing up for production and the daily newspaper strip based on the series was in the offing.In this book:The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, 1913The Hand Of Fu-Manchu, 1917The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu, ...