The History Hour cover image

When Eritrea silenced its critics

The History Hour

00:00

Death Do Fu Manchu

Doctor fu manchu helped to shape the popular image of china in the west for decades. He may now appear a rather cleshaed kind of villain with his long moustache and pigtail. But for at least forty years, cinnema audiences found fu manchu stible, his cruel callous brilliant, the most evil and dangerous man in the world. His creator was arthur ward who started out writing for the music hall. Ward's career as a novelist took off after he adopted the pen name sax romer, meaning in old english.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app