E. Phillips Oppenheim

Broschiertes Buch

The Mischief-Maker

Beschreibung

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, inventing the "rogue male" school of adventure thrillers and writing over 150 novels of all sorts. The Mischief-Maker follows a London politician who is framed in a sex scandal, flees to Paris, then gets mixed up in intrigue between Germany, France and England before World War I. This edition includes a new introduction by literary scholar Darrell Schweitzer.

Autor

Edward Phillips Oppenheim was an English author who lived from October 22, 1866, to February 3, 1946. He wrote a lot of best-selling genre fiction with glamorous characters, international drama, and fast-paced action. They were popular forms of fun because they were easy to read. In 1927, he was on the cover of Time magazine. Edward Phillips Oppenheim was born in Tottenham, London, on October 22, 1866. His parents were Henrietta Susannah Temperley Budd and a leather merchant named Edward John Oppenheim. He went to Wyggeston Grammar School until the sixth form in 1883, but had to quit because his family couldn't afford it. For almost twenty years, he worked in his father's business. His father helped pay for the release of his first book, which did just enough to cover its costs. It was under the name "Anthony Partridge" that he released five of his books from 1908 to 1912.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9781434414243
• ISBN-10: 1434414248
• Artikelnr.: 35082605