This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1923. 'The Books of Bart' is a novel of relationships and double-crossing. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. Whilst in the Balkans covering the Russo-Japanese War, Wallace found the inspiration for The Four Just Men, published in 1905. Over the rest of his life, Wallace produced some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery.