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Selected bibliography
Elaine H. Kim, Asian American Literature, an introduction to the writings and their social context, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982 (especially the chapter on Fu Manchu).
Pause!, 1910
Little Tich (Autobiography)(ghostwritten by Ward) 191?
The Sins of Severac Bablon, 1914
The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu, [US Title: The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu] 1913
The Yellow Claw, 1915
The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan 1916
The Devil Doctor, [US Title: The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu] 1916
The Si-Fan Mysteries, [US Title: The Hand of Fu Manchu] 1917 "Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie, aided by Scotland Yard, battle the evil genius, Fu Manchu, and his mysterious, world-wide organization, the Si-Fan. The scene in London ranges from foreign embassies to the underworld; the stakes are no less than world domination. Using weapons that range from crude missiles to occult animal magnetism, the Orientals threaten to extinguish the white race and to make Dr. Fu Manchu Emperor of the World."
Brood of the Witch Queen, 1918
Tales of Secret Egypt, 1918
The Orchard of Tears 1918
Dope, 1919
The Golden Scorpion, 1919
Quest of the Sacred Slipper, 1919
The Dream Detective, 1920
The Green Eyes of Bast, 1920
The Haunting of Low Fennel, 1920
Bat Wing, 1921
Tales of Chinatown, 1922
Fire Tongue, 1921
Grey Face, 1924
Yellow Shadows, 1925
Moon of Madness, 1927
She Who Sleeps, 1928
The Book of Fu Manchu, [Compilation of first 3 Books] 1929
The Emperor of America 1929
The Day the World Ended 1930
The Daughter of Fu Manchu, 1931
Yu'an Hee See Laughs, 1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu, 1932
Tales of East and West (British edition) 1932
Tales of East and West(American edition) 1933
Fu Manchu's Bride, 1933 [UK Title: The Bride of Fu Manchu]
The Trail of Fu Manchu 1934
The Bat Flies Low, 1935
President Fu Manchu, 1936
White Velvet, 1936
Salute to Bazarada and other stories 1939
The Drums of Fu Manchu, 1939
The Island of Fu Manchu, 1941
Seven Sins 1943
Egyptian Nights(Bimbashi Barak of Egypt) 1944
The Shadow of Fu Manchu, 1948
Hanover House 1949
The Sins of Sumuru, [US Title: Nude in Mink] 1950
Wulfheim(written as Michael Furey)later printing as Sax Rohmer 1950
The Slaves of Sumuru, [US Title: Sumuru] 1951
Virgin in Flames, [US Title: Fire Goddess] 1953
Sand and Satin, [US Title: Return of Sumuru] 1954
The Moon is Red 1954
Sinister Madonna, 1956
Re-enter Fu Manchu, 1957 [UK Title: Re-Enter Dr. Fu Manchu]
Emperor Fu Manchu, 1959
The Secret of Holm Peel and other Strange Stories 1970
The Wrath of Fu Manchu, 1973 [published posthumously]
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AN HISTORICAL MYSTERY (The Gondreville Mystery)
BY HONORE DE BALZAC
Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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DEDICATION
To Monsieur de Margone.
In grateful remembrance, from his guest at the Chateau de Sache.
De Balzac.
CHAPTER I
JUDAS
The autumn of the year 1803 was one of the finest in the early part of that period of the present century which we now call "Empire." Rain had refreshed the earth during the month of October, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between the skies and Bonaparte, then declared Consul for life,--a belief in which that man owes part of his prestige; strange to say, on the day the sun failed him, in 1812, his luck ceased!
About four in the afternoon on the fifteenth of November, 1803, the sun was casting what looked like scarlet dust upon the venerable tops of four rows of elms in a long