John Buchan est né en 1875 en Écosse. Après des études de droit à Oxford, il mène de front carrière politique et écriture. Il est successivement directeur de l’information dans le cabinet de Lloyd George pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, puis gouverneur général du Canada en 1935. Tour à tour romancier, journaliste, biographe, historien, il a laissé derrière lui une 1⁄2uvre imposante. Ce sont ses romans d’aventure qui l’ont rendu célèbre. Il crée le personnage de Richard Hannay, le héros des Trente-Neuf marches, modèle de l’espion moderne.
Écrivain britannique naturaliste né le 2 juin 1840 à Stinsford, Dorchester (Royaume-Uni), mort le 11 janvier 1928 dans la même ville.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950)
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a prolific American author of the 'pulp' era. The son of a Civil War veteran, he saw brief military service with the 7TH U.S. Cavalry before he was diagnosed with a heart problem and discharged. After working for five years in his father's business, Burroughs left for a string of disparate and short-lived jobs, and was working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler when he decided to try his hand at writing. He found almost instant success when his story 'Under the Moons of Mars' was serialised in All-Story Magazine in 1912, earning him the then-princely sum of $400.
Burroughs went on to have tremendous success as a writer, his wide-ranging imagination taking in other planets (John Carter of Mars and Carson of Venus), a hollow earth (Pellucidar), a lost world, westerns, historicals and adventure stories. Although he wrote in many genres, Burroughs is best known for his creation of the archetypal jungle hero, Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs died in 1950.
Título : 30 Suspense and Thriller Masterpieces you have to read in your life (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (A to Z Classics)
EAN : 9788827507667
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