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Ernest Bramah Quotes
Showing all text quotesBirth: | 20th March, 1868 |
Death: | 27th June, 1942 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
Ernest Bramah was born in Manchester, UK. He was an English novelist and writer. He published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. He created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados. He first appears in The Wallet of Kai Lung which was rejected by eight publishers before Grant Richards published it in 1900. In 1907, he produced his first, and only, work of science fiction, What might have been: The story of a social war. He wrote several novels include: Kai Lung's Golden Hours, Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, The Moon of Much Gladness, and The Secret of the League. In 1914, he created Max Carrados, a blind detective. In between these, there were three more Carrados collections, Eyes of Max Carrados, Max Carrados Mysteries, and The Bravo of London.
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