{"product_id":"edgar-wallace","title":"Edgar Wallace","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘It is impossible not to be thrilled by Edgar Wallace.’ So said the blurbs of Wallace’s own books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, he was a prolific author of over 170 books, translated into more than thirty languages. More films were made from his books than any other twentieth-century writer, and in the 1920s a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. His success is written in black and white, but his life got off to an inauspicious start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEdgar Wallace, the illegitimate son of a travelling actress, rose from poverty in Victorian England to become the most popular author in the world and a global celebrity of his age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFamous for his thrillers, with their fantastic plots, in many ways Wallace did not write his most exciting story: he lived it, and here Neil Clark eloquently tells his tale to allow you to live it too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47711419891886,"sku":"9781803993799","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/original_5c804d24-fdd8-413b-bdc1-fa98be42ab54.jpg?v=1775655102","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/products\/edgar-wallace","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}