Le serpent jaune - Wallace, Edgar

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Résumé :
? la poursuite de Scottie aux Quatre-z-yeux, le voleur de diamants, Andrew Macleod d?couvre la vall?e de Beverley-Green, ses villas cossues et ses habitants ais?s ...et Stella Nelson, la fille d'un peintre c?l?bre, qui le frappe par son air coupable. Arr?t?, Scottie lui fait part de son intuition, cette vall?e, heureuse en apparence, lui semble plut?t une vall?e o? r?dent des spectres et o? couvent des drames......

Biographie:
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was a British writer known for his contributions to sensational genres like detective stories, gangster novels, adventure tales, and science fiction. He was born on April 1, 1875, in Greenwich, London, to a poor family and was raised as an illegitimate child. Wallace left school at the age of 12 and began working in various jobs before finding his way into journalism. His early life was marked by hardship, but he soon found success as a writer, contributing not only novels but also plays, screenplays, and short stories. Wallace is best remembered for his detective and crime fiction, including the creation of The Green Archer and the introduction of the character King Kong to cinema. His works were marked by suspense, high tension, and complex characters. He was married twice, first to Ivy Maude Caldecott, with whom he had a son and daughter, and later to Ethel Violet King. Wallace passed away on February 10, 1932, at the age of 56 in Beverly Hills, California....

Sommaire:
Richard Horacio Edgar Freeman, n? le 1?? avril 1875 ? Greenwich et mort le 10 f?vrier 1932 ? Hollywood, est un ?crivain et journaliste britannique, ?galement sc?nariste et r?alisateur de cin?ma. Il est l'auteur de nombreux romans policiers et r?cits d'aventures publi?s sous le pseudonyme de Edgar Wallace....