The Mandarin's Fan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781986910941)

From the New York Times: Such a beautiful fan sticks of jade and enamel, beads of jade and amber hooped with gold depending from it. Most valuable feature of all from the point of view of the Mandarin Lo-Keong and of his enemy, Hop-Sing, hidden under the enamel was a record of the secret place where poor Lo had concealed the assorted lot of documents that showed his record as an ex-Boxer leader.

Author: Fergus Hume
ISBN-10: 1986910946
ISBN-13: 9781986910941
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2018
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d

About the Author
Hume was born in England, the second son of James Hume. When he was three the family emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he was educated at Otago Boys' High School and studied law at the University of Otago. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation Hume relocated to Melbourne, Australia, where he obtained a job as a barristers' clerk. He began writing plays, but found it impossible to persuade the managers of Melbourne theatres to accept or even to read them.