Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong

by Neil Clark and Neil Clark

The rags to riches story of one of the most popular writers of the 20th century

He was the author of 173 books, translated into more than 30 languages. More films were made from his books than any other 20th century writer, and in the 1920s a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. Edgar Wallace, the illegitimate son of a traveling actress, rose from poverty in Victorian England to become the most popular author in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752498827
• ISBN13: 9780752498829
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"