Sandi the King-maker

<p>Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1 1875 - February 10 1932) was an English crime writer journalist novelist screenwriter and playwright who wrote 175 novels 24 plays and numerous articles in newspapers and journals.</p><p> </p><p>Over 160 films have been made of his novels. In the 1920s one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. He is most famous today as the co-creator of King Kong writing the early screenplay and story for the movie as well as a short story King Kong (1933) credited to him and Draycott Dell. He was known for the J. G. Reeder detective stories The Four Just Men The Ringer and for creating the Green Archer character during his lifetime. (wikipedia.org)</p><p> </p><p>Sandi the King-maker among other novels by Edgar Wallace conveys the paternal attitude that England's officials felt toward the native tribes of Africa. It is written in a delightfully humorous style...</p>