''The Tomb of Ts'in'' is a 1916
adventure novel by the British writer
Edgar Wallace. Some passages of the plot appear to copy word-for-word his earlier story ''
Captain Tatham'' (1909). It is suggested that Wallace's embarrassment about recycling his work led to buying up most of the copies later, although the shortage of available copies may have to do with the fact that very few were originally printed by the publishers
Ward Lock due to
wartime shortages.
It involves a search for hidden treasure in
China
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where an adventurer seeks out the missing tomb of Emperor
Qin Shi Huang. It predates the actual discovery of the Emperor's tomb by more than half a century.
References
1916 British novels
Novels by Edgar Wallace
British adventure novels
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