The Amateur Cracksman (eBook)

E. W. Hornung (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
240 Seiten
Aeterna Classics (Verlag)
978-3-96376-756-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these eight stories, the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and crime: stealing jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, pilfering from the nouveau riche, and, of course, bowling like a demon-all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick, Bunny.

Encouraged by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, to write a series about a public school villain, and influenced by his own experiences at Uppingham, E. W. Hornung created a unique form of crime story, where, in stealing as in sport, it is playing the game that counts, and there is always honor among thieves.

Autor

Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 - 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.5.2018
• Reihe/Serie: A. J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief
• Reihe/Serie: A. J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief
• Verlagsort: Vachendorf
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Schlagworte: Agatha Christie • british mysteries by british authors • greatest british detectives • massello • Mystery • Sherlock Holmes • sherlock holmes consulting detective
• ISBN-10: 3-96376-756-1 / 3963767561
• ISBN-13: 978-3-96376-756-2 / 9783963767562