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Written by the author of "Phantom of the Opera," this tale takes us to Peru where Dick Montgomery hopes to marry his fiancé, MariaTeresa de la Torre, the daughter of a Spanish marquis.
Because of their disrespectful manner, MariaTeresa discharges a group of Quichua Indians working in the household, including Huascar, It is heard that the Indians have found an Incan king and are going to celebrate an ancient ceremony wherein a virgin bride is sacrificed to the Sun King.
MariaTeresa is the chosen victim and is kidnapped, Dick and MariaTeresa's father attempt to save her, but are unsuccessful, Huascar comes to them, saying he will save MariaTeresa, but is he to be trusted Left with no choice, they take Huascar at his word, and the rescue begins.
Iconic pulp fiction from the author of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Remember those stories, movies, TV episodes, cartoons, etc, where young white maiden traveling in colonized land is given a item of jewelry that marks her to be sacrificed to a native god by some guys who want to bring back the good old days before the coming of the white man, and human sacrifice was all the rage Well, this just might be the great, great granddaddy of them all! Everything white person could fear about wandering around most of the planet is here: thieves, doublecrossing halfbreeds, a guerrilla insurrection, a secret society.
. . Leroux did a lot of research about Peru, the Inca, and the Quechua which is spelled "Quichua" in the translation I read.
A fun read based on the fear of brownskinned peoples and their cultures, Still, I kept thinking as I read it that it would make a great musical, Maybe someone should tell LinManuel Miranda, . . Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction, In the English speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera Le Fantôme de lOpéra,, which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as thefilm starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webbersmusical.
It was also the basis of thenovel Phantom by Susan Kay, Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in, He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy, Then in, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for LÉcho de Paris, His most important journalism came when he began working as an Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera Le Fantôme de l'Opéra,, which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as thefilm starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber'smusical.
It was also the basis of thenovel Phantom by Susan Kay, Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in, He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy, Then in, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris, His most important journalism came when he began working as an international correspondent for the Paris newspaper Le Matin.
Inhe was present at and covered the Russian Revolution, Another case he was present at involved the investigation and deep coverage of an opera house in Paris, later to become a ballet house.
The basement consisted of a cell that held prisoners in the Paris Commune, which were the rulers of Paris through much of the Franco Prussian war.
He suddenly left journalism in, and began writing fiction, In, he and Arthur Bernède formed

their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films.
He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jauneThe Mystery of the Yellow Room, starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille.
Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America.
Leroux died in Nice on April,, of a urinary tract infection, sitelink.