''The Fourth Plague'' is a 1913

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by 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 ...

Plot synopsis

An Italian criminal organisation,

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, threaten to release a deadly plague on Britain if their financial demands are not met.Clark p.131

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* Clark, Neil. ''Stranger than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong''. The History Press, 2015. 1913 British novels Novels by Edgar Wallace British thriller novels {{1910s-thriller-novel-stub