Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “Tales of Secret Egypt” as Want to Read:
Tales of Secret Egypt
by
The scenes of this story are laid in Egypt -- Abu-Tabah, the inscrutable Egyptian, who appears and disappears so mysteriously, is not so blood-curdling a villain as Fu Manchu, but his exploits possess the same breathless interest that characterized the activities of the yellow doctor. In the latter half of the book, notably in the story, "The Valley of the Sorceress," ther
...more
Hardcover, 313 pages
Published
1920
by A. L. Burt
(first published 1918)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Reader Q&A
To ask other readers questions about
Tales of Secret Egypt,
please sign up.
Be the first to ask a question about Tales of Secret Egypt
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
Showing 1-30
Start your review of Tales of Secret Egypt
The review from afar – No. 14
Re-revised forward to these overseas reviews:
Since emulating a yo-yo, I continue to rely on the old-style Kindle 3G for any non-technical reading. I tip my hat to the fine folks at Project Gutenberg: virtually every title I have or will be reading in the near future comes from them.
Tales of Secret Egypt is another collection of short stories by prolific author Sax Rohmer that does not involve his arch-fiend Fu Manchu. Set in and around Cairo primarily these tales inv ...more
Re-revised forward to these overseas reviews:
Since emulating a yo-yo, I continue to rely on the old-style Kindle 3G for any non-technical reading. I tip my hat to the fine folks at Project Gutenberg: virtually every title I have or will be reading in the near future comes from them.
Tales of Secret Egypt is another collection of short stories by prolific author Sax Rohmer that does not involve his arch-fiend Fu Manchu. Set in and around Cairo primarily these tales inv ...more
Most of the stories are about the same two characters,Iman Abu-Tabah, and his friend, an unnamed, unscrupulous Englishman who works on commission for a shady company called Moses, Murphy &Co."purveyors of fake antiquities". Abu-Tabah is a very likable Muslim clergyman, kindly and tolerant, not at all fanatic. His relationship with the Englishman is like that of kindly adult towards a mischievous child of whom he is very fond but knows that he can't be trusted for one moment. More than once he th
...more
review of
Sax Rohmer's Tales of Secret Egypt
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - June 17, 2013
My old friend Blaster Al Ackerman, the great writer, cartoonist, mail artist, & trickster philosopher, died on March 17th, 2013. That got me to scanning most of what I have by him in my archive in preparation for a possible bk revolving around our correspondence from 1980 to 1986. THAT led to my making an animated slide-show movie called "This Will Explain" intended for premier at the upcoming memorial eve ...more
Sax Rohmer's Tales of Secret Egypt
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - June 17, 2013
My old friend Blaster Al Ackerman, the great writer, cartoonist, mail artist, & trickster philosopher, died on March 17th, 2013. That got me to scanning most of what I have by him in my archive in preparation for a possible bk revolving around our correspondence from 1980 to 1986. THAT led to my making an animated slide-show movie called "This Will Explain" intended for premier at the upcoming memorial eve ...more
Oct 19, 2016
Derek
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
pulp,
kindle-freebie
It's difficult to separate the attitude of the author from those of his narrators. Is the casually racist statements--particularly those toward sub-Saharan Africans--a reflection on Rohmer, on the narrator, or on the expectations of the audience? A curiosity is the relationship of his (European) narrator Kernaby, a shameless and entertaining rogue, and the clever and, increasingly shown, upstanding Abu Tabah. All the stories trended to compromised European narration: jaded, villainous, or credul
...more
Twelve tales set in Egypt circa 1919. The first six involve the exploits of Neville Kernaby, a British citizen working for an import company whose business is perfectly legitimate and not at all smuggling artifacts out of Egypt. Kernaby's job causes him to be in some interesting situations with interesting people, and the most interesting is Abu Tabah. The mysterious Abu has great power in the government, appears everywhere at once, and is related to some of the most influential people on the Ni
...more
This book should be removed from GoodReads. It is full of racism, but the clincher is the white male argument for tourism pedophilia in one of the stories from circa 1900.
Jun 28, 2015
Matt Kelland
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
early-20th-century-pulp
Cracking stories! Rohmer clearly loves drawing on Arabic settings and tales, and they're filled with excitement and adventure. If you're only familiar with his Fu Manchu series, then give these a try.
...more
read some time in 1991
Early effort by Sax Rohmer, One of my favorite authors. Short story collection set in Egypt during early British Colonialism. Not up to his later efforts.
This book of short stories was fun, but important, or infamous, for another reason. It is the first book I read entirely on my phone. Sigh.
Sax Rohmer's stories are usually fun over the top slightly racist pieces, here all too often he takes things seriously. The best of the bunch is In The Valley Of The Sorceress.
...more
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Readers also enjoyed
AKA Arthur Sarsfield Ward (real name); Michael Furey.
Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (15 February 1883 - 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.
Born in Birmingham to a working class family, Rohmer initially pursued a career as a civil servant before concentrating on writing fu ...more
Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (15 February 1883 - 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.
Born in Birmingham to a working class family, Rohmer initially pursued a career as a civil servant before concentrating on writing fu ...more
Related Articles
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 will be long remembered as a Dumpster fire of a year. But the nice thing about time is that it...
388 likes · 187 comments
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
