《The Terrible People》作者：[英] Edgar Wallace【完结】
https://www.dlgyc.com/tupiao/3015302.jpgThisearlyworkbyEdgarWallacewasoriginallypublishedin1926andwearenowrepublishingitwithabrandnewintroductorybiography.'TheTerriblePeople'isaclassicmysterynovelbythispioneerofthedetectivegenre.RichardHoratioEdgarWallacewasborninLondon,Englandin1875.HereceivedhisearlyeducationatSt.Peter'sSchoolandtheBoardSchool,butafterafreneticteensinvolvingarashengagementandfrequentlychangingemploymentcircumstances,Wallacewentintothemilitary.HeservedintheRoyalWestKentRegimentinEnglandandthenaspartoftheMedicalStaffCorpsstationedinSouthAfrica.WhilstintheBalkanscoveringtheRusso-JapaneseWar,WallacefoundtheinspirationforTheFourJustMen,publishedin1905.Overtherestofhislife,Wallaceproducedsome173booksandwrote17plays.Thesewerelargelyadventurenarrativeswithelementsofcrimeormystery,andusuallycombinedabombasticsensationalismwithhammyviolence.
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