When Foreign Secretary Sir Philip Ramon receives a threatening, greenish-grey letter signed “Four Just Men,” he remains determined to see his Aliens Extradition Bill made law. A device in the members' smoke room and a sudden magnesium flash that could easily have been nitroglycerin leave Scotland Yard baffled. Even Fleet Street cannot identify the illusive Manfred, Gonsalez, Pioccart, and Thery—four just men dedicated to punishing by death those whom conventional justice cannot touch.
The Four Just Men is a detective thriller published in 1905 by the British writer Edgar Wallace. The eponymous "Just Men" appear in several sequels
The Four Just Men is a detective thriller published in 1905 by the British writer Edgar Wallace. The eponymous "Just Men" appear in several sequels. Edgar Wallace formed the idea of The Four Just Men - four wealthy gentleman vigilantes (including a European prince) who punish wrong-doers who are beyond the reach of the Law – while returning to England in 1905.
These are stories of the Four Just Men, Edgar Wallace's famous characters known to the wider public principally as a. .The Just Men set about to rectify matters according to their own standards and retribution is dispensed on swift and deadly wings.
These are stories of the Four Just Men, Edgar Wallace's famous characters known to the wider public principally as a result of the early television series of the same name. The source material is, of course, far removed from its celluloid derivative.
BY EDGAR WALLACE Adapted by Colin Davis BBC WS Broadcast in two parts July 2 and 9, 1990. Based on the novel that made Edgar Wallace. For the public good, four mysterious men threaten the life of a UK Secretary of State unless proposed legislation is withdrawn.
The Four Just Men was one of Edgar Wallace’s most famous novels and even today the title of this dramatic tale featuring the exploits of his four unconventional vigilantes is well known; but I doubt if many modern readers.
The Four Just Men was one of Edgar Wallace’s most famous novels and even today the title of this dramatic tale featuring the exploits of his four unconventional vigilantes is well known; but I doubt if many modern readers are aware that there were five other books featuring these cunning and reckless heroes. Now Wordsworth have stepped into this particular breach and present you with The Complete Four Just Men – and what a thrilling rollercoaster collection it is, capturing as it does the air of intrigue, international tensions and conflicts, casual and brutal crime redolent of the early part of the twentieth century.
More books by Edgar Wallace. The Four Just Men were hunting War Criminals post WW2, but in the books they were Balkan refugees who were taking revenge for both sides of the turn of the 19/20 century struggle there
More books by Edgar Wallace. The Clue of the Twisted Candles. The Daffodil Mystery. The People of the River. The Man Who Bought London. The Four Just Men were hunting War Criminals post WW2, but in the books they were Balkan refugees who were taking revenge for both sides of the turn of the 19/20 century struggle there. Remeber Winston Churchill had been involved in the Sidney Street seige in 1905, maybe that was Edgar Wallace's starting point for the story of revenge and retribution seekers? I have speculated that maybe the story line could be revised and modernised for the latter-day struggles in that region of the world and how would it change?
Электронная книга "The Law Of The Four Just Men", Edgar Wallace
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A youth is lying dead in Gray Square, Bloomsbury. Constable Wiseman is at the scene, as is the handsome Frank Merril, nephew of rich John Martin. Also there is May Nuttall, whose father was the best friend Martin ever had. A small, shabby man in an ill-fitting frock coat and large gold rimmed spectacles pulls a newspaper advertisement from the deceased's waistcoat pocket. At the Yard,' whispers the constable to Frank, 'we call him The Man who Knows. Mystery & Detective. You may find it for free on the web.
We are going to Southampton,’ growled Black in his ear. ‘We shall find some friends there. He grinned in the darkness. Then, leaning forward, he gave instructions in a low tone to the chauffeur. The car jerked forward and in a few minutes it had crossed Hammersmith Broadway and was speeding towards Barnes