''The Council of Justice'' is a 1908
thriller novel
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Su ...
by the British writer
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
.
[Freedman p.55] It is a sequel to the 1905 novel ''
The Four Just Men'', and continues the adventures of the heroes of that work. It was followed by four further sequels.
References
Bibliography
* Jonathan Freedman. ''The Temple of Culture: Assimilation and Anti-Semitism in Literary Anglo-America''. Oxford University Press, 2002.
1908 British novels
Novels by Edgar Wallace
British thriller novels
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