Ernest Bramah
British author Ernest Bramah develops his own unique versions of classic Chinese folktales—and creates a few entirely new ones—in the stories collected in Kai Lung's Golden Hours. Effortlessly embodying the clarity and purity of ancient Asian mythology, these short, sweet and often humorous stories will enchant readers young and old alike.
British author Ernest Bramah was a solitary man who did not relish the fame his writing brought him. Over the course of his career, Bramah explored a number of different genres, excelling in many of them. A touchstone of his career was his abiding love of Asian culture, which he explores in The Mirror of Kong Ho, a collection of slyly hilarious stories told in letters home from Kong Ho, a Chinese national who is visiting London.
Fans of fantasy fiction will fall for this collection of Asian-inspired tales set in ancient China. Told through the voice of an itinerant master storyteller and traveling bard Kai Lung, the loosely interconnected stories will engross modern readers who prefer their fiction with a strong dose of alluring cultural appeal.
One of the unlikeliest fictional detectives ever brought to life in print, Max Carrados is a sophisticated private detective who was blinded in a tragic horse-riding accident. To compensate for this disability, he has sharpened his other senses to nearly supernatural levels of acuity, and he calls on his remarkable skills in all four of the pulse-pounding tales collected in this volume.
5) Max Carrados
True fans of classic detective fiction need to make the acquaintance of consummate investigator Max Carrados. Blinded in a horseback riding accident, Carrados has sharpened his other senses to an almost uncanny degree—and he exploits this advantage ruthlessly when pursuing a criminal. This volume brings together some of the best stories featuring Carrados.
This remarkably prescient dystopian novel was released in 1907, just before fascism began to gain traction in Europe. Author Ernest Bramah details a richly imagined alternate history in which the British Labour Party suddenly skyrockets in popularity and influence, leading to the establishment of an administration heavily influenced by the tenets of socialism—and bringing about a slew of unintended consequences.