Sax Rohmer
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Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Fu Manchu.
Rohmer around 1929
Blue plaque at 51 Herne Hill, Herne Hill, London
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu
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The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu is the first novel in the Dr Fu Manchu series by Sax Rohmer. It collates various short stories that were published the preceding year. The novel was also published in the U
Sax Rohmer
…of Asian flu. After penning Little Tich in 1911 (as ghostwriter for the music hall entertainer of the same name) he wrote the first Fu Manchu novel, The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, first published in a serialisation from October 1912 to June 1913. It was an immediate success, with its story of Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie…
Cover of the first edition