Talbot Mundy

Gebundenes Buch

The Nine Unknown (Heathen Edition)

Beschreibung

Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 1879-1940) was a world-traveling Englishman and, before he found writing, a scoundrel with a rap sheet virtually as long as his future literary output-fraud, impersonation, swindling, adultery, bigamy, imprisonment, even deportation from Africa!-before emigrating to the United States in 1909, where gambling with New York gangsters netted him a nearly fatal beating and a radical, life-altering opportunity: a reporter that covered the incident was so impressed with Mundy's globe-trotting tales that he lent him a typewriter and urged him to write while nursing his wounds. Mundy seized the moment and never looked back, becoming one of the most prolific pulp writers of the 1920s, producing 19 novel-length stories between 1921 and 1923 alone! Not least among them was The Nine Unknown, wherein a priest tasks Jimgrim and his motley cohorts with discovering where the world's supply of gold and silver is disappearing, which will lead, most assuredly, to the fabled Nine Unknown Men and, more importantly, their nine books of secret Ancient Wisdom which the priest seeks to destroy. However, what they discover is something more valuable than precious metals, and why the Nine Unknown is far more than legend.

Autor

Talbot Mundy was Born in London on April 23, 1879, under the pen name William Lancaster Gribbon, was a well-known British writer of adventure and historical fiction in the early 20th century. Growing up in India, where his father was a British army officer, Mundy was exposed to a variety of cultures and environments that had a significant impact on his writing. During his early years, Mundy was a member of both the British Secret Service and the British Army. These encounters gave him a distinct viewpoint on international relations and different geographical areas, which influenced the complex storylines in his books. The literary legacy of Talbot Mundy is distinguished by his evocative storytelling, detailed depictions of far-off locales, and profound comprehension of the geopolitical environments he portrayed. His investigation of Eastern mysticism and philosophy gave his adventure stories a distinctive edge that made him well-known to readers of the era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Heathen Editions
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781963228366
• ISBN-10: 1963228367
• Artikelnr.: 69992240