TALES OF SECRET EGYPT - Rohmer, Sax
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Arthur Henry ""Sarsfield"" Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. His work Tales of Secret Egypt comprises twelve tales set in Egypt circa 1919. The first six involve the exploits of Neville Kernaby, a British citizen working for an import company whose business is perfectly legitimate and not at all smuggling artifacts out of Egypt. Kernaby's job causes him to be in some interesting situations with interesting people, and the most interesting is Abu Tabah. The mysterious Abu has great power in the government, appears everywhere at once, and is related some of the most…mehr

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Arthur Henry ""Sarsfield"" Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. His work Tales of Secret Egypt comprises twelve tales set in Egypt circa 1919. The first six involve the exploits of Neville Kernaby, a British citizen working for an import company whose business is perfectly legitimate and not at all smuggling artifacts out of Egypt. Kernaby's job causes him to be in some interesting situations with interesting people, and the most interesting is Abu Tabah. The mysterious Abu has great power in the government, appears everywhere at once, and is related some of the most influential people on the Nile. to The other six are random stories set in Egypt. They usually involve a beautiful Muslim girl in trouble and a gullible young man.
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Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883 - 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. Born in Birmingham to a working-class family, Arthur Ward initially pursued a career as a civil servant before concentrating on writing full-time. He worked as a poet, songwriter and comedy sketch writer for music hall performers before creating the Sax Rohmer persona and pursuing a career writing fiction. Like his contemporaries Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, Rohmer claimed membership to one of the factions of the qabbalistic Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Rohmer also claimed ties to the Rosicrucians, but the validity of his claims has been questioned. His doctor and family friend Dr R. Watson Councell may have been his only legitimate connection to such organizations. His first published work came in 1903, when the short story "The Mysterious Mummy" was sold to Pearson's Weekly. Rohmer's main literary influences seem to have been Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle and M. P. Shiel. He gradually transitioned from writing for music hall performers to concentrating on short stories and serials for magazine publication. In 1909 he married Rose Elizabeth Knox. He published his first book Pause! anonymously in 1910.