The Amateur Cracksman - E W Hornung - Books -  - 9781675405352 - December 25, 2019
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The Amateur Cracksman

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 thieve

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 25, 2019
ISBN13 9781675405352
Pages 464
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 26 mm   ·   675 g
Language English  

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