| The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu Contributor(s): Rohmer, Sax (Author) |
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ISBN: 1515078310 ISBN-13: 9781515078319 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.12 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Thrillers - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.40 lbs) 130 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "When did you last hear from Nayland Smith?" asked my visitor. I paused, my hand on the syphon, reflecting for a moment. "Two months ago," I said; "he's a poor correspondent and rather soured, I fancy." "What-a woman or something?" "Some affair of that sort. He's such a reticent beggar, I really know very little about it." I placed a whisky and soda before the Rev. J. D. Eltham, also sliding the tobacco jar nearer to his hand. The refined and sensitive face of the clergy-man offered no indication of the truculent character of the man. His scanty fair hair, already gray over the temples, was silken and soft-looking; in appearance he was indeed a typical English churchman; but in China he had been known as "the fighting missionary," and had fully deserved the title. In fact, this peaceful-looking gentleman had directly brought about the Boxer Risings |
