The Devil-Tree of El Dorado (eBook, ePUB) - Aubrey, Frank
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„The Devil-Tree of El Dorado” concerns the discovery of the legendary city of Manoa in British Guiana, high atop Mt. Roraima, at that date an incredibly remote part of the world. Most desirable, all the expected thrills of an Atlantean thriller plus some: flying damsels; immortals; a satisfying variety of monsters including the „frightful shape, with its maddening leer and its blood-curdling scream” that welcomes us to the book.

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„The Devil-Tree of El Dorado” concerns the discovery of the legendary city of Manoa in British Guiana, high atop Mt. Roraima, at that date an incredibly remote part of the world. Most desirable, all the expected thrills of an Atlantean thriller plus some: flying damsels; immortals; a satisfying variety of monsters including the „frightful shape, with its maddening leer and its blood-curdling scream” that welcomes us to the book.
Autorenporträt
Frank Aubrey was the pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927), a popular British pulp fiction writer. While not much is known about Atkins, he published widely in some of the leading Victorian pulp magazines and is seen as a pioneer in the lost world genre of science fiction. The Devil Tree of El Dorado (1896), his most famous novel, is a story of fantasy and adventure set in the colony of British Guiana. Atkins' son, Frank Howard Atkins, would follow in his footsteps to become a successful pulp fiction writer in his own right, publishing stories in Pearson's Magazine, The Grand Magazine, and Adventure.