The Just Men of Cordova

<p>The Just Men of Cordova is a 1917 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace.</p><p> </p><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> </p><p> </p><p>The Just Men Of Cordova novel belongs to the Four Just Men series. In this novel the four men take it upon themselves to kill for the greater cause of justice-in theory those who are beyond the law like government figures lawmakers and other figures powerful enough to thwart justice. The just men consider themselves patriots and defenders of law and order who must act to protect society.</p>