The Hand of FuManchu, with eBook, Sax Rohmer
The Hand of FuManchu, with eBook, Sax Rohmer
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The Hand of Fu-Manchu, with eBook

Author: Sax Rohmer

Narrator: John Bolen

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/24/2009

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Sir Gregory Hale returns to London from Mongolia with a mysterious Tulun-Nur chest that holds the "key to India," a vital secret of Dr. Fu-Manchu's notorious Si-Fan organization. Unfortunately, Hale is murdered before he is able to disclose the secret to Nayland Smith. The Burmese police commissioner and Dr. Petrie launch a mission to affront the brilliant but deadly master criminal before he succeeds in his malignant and fantastic plot to take over the world.

In pursuit of the "Devil Doctor," Smith and Petrie must escape numerous assassination attempts and battle an insect army. They are faced with multiple mysteries, including the Zagazig Code, the Shrine of Seven Lamps, and the Chapel of Satan. The future of the free world depends on the success of Smith and Petrie defeating the villainous Hand of Fu-Manchu.

About Sax Rohmer

Sax Rohmer was a prolific English mystery writer who was best known for creating the master criminal Dr. Fu-Manchu. The golden age of Fu-Manchu stories and the peak of Rohmer's career was in the 1930s. Sinister, Oriental Fu-Manchu stereotypes, which were feared since the turn of the century, appeared frequently in popular fiction at that time. Among the best-known doppelgangers is the title character from Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Dr. No.

Sax Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward in 1883 in Birmingham, England, to Irish parents. He received no formal schooling until he was about ten years old. Rohmer, impressed by his mother's claims that he was a descendent of the famous seventeenth-century Irish general Patrick Sarsfield, adopted the name Sarsfield. His pen name came from sax which was Saxon for "blade" and rohmer which meant "roamer." Rohmer worked in odd jobs before starting his writing career at age twenty. In 1909 he married Rose Knox, who was purportedly psychic.

In addition to stories and serials, Rohmer wrote comedy sketches for entertainers. His first Fu-Manchu novel, The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, was written in 1913 and gained immediate success. In 1915 Rohmer invented his detective character Gaston Max, who first appeared in The Yellow Claw. From the 1920s through the 1930s, Rohmer was one of the most widely read and highly paid magazine writers in the English language. Success brought Rohmer temporary financial security, and he traveled to the Near East, Jamaica, and Egypt. But he lost most of his fortune while gambling in Monte Carlo. After World War II, the Rohmers moved back to the United States and ultimately settled in White Plains, New York. Sax died from a combination of pneumonia and a stroke on June 1, 1959.


Reviews

First published in 1917, by Arthur Henry Ward (Sax Rohmer), this is the third of the Fu Manchu books, and the last one to be published for another 14 years. Each of the first three books are episodic in nature and clearly written with serial publication in mind for the pulp mags of the day. They fea......more

Goodreads review by Julie

This was a fun Fu-Manchu book with Petrie allowed much more of a star role than in the past (he's the Dr. Watson of the series). There is also a lot more hypnotism and drug-control (via smoke, needles, or Port) than I recall from the previous books. To be fair, I don't remember tons about the previo......more