Description
Three full length novels collected in one edition formatted for the Kindle. Linked Contents.
1.A THIEF IN THE NIGHT [A BOOK OF RAFFLES' ADVENTURES],
2. MR. JUSTICE RAFFLES,
3. RAFFLES—FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN . ...
ERNEST WILLIAM HORNUNG [1866-1921], was a British writer famous for the novels featuring his character A. J. Raffles, "gentleman thief" in Victorian London. He based many of Raffle's traits on his acquaintance, criminologist George Ives. He first published stories of Raffles in Cassell's Magazine. The stories were later republished in book form. He also co-wrote, with Eugene Presbrey, the successful play Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman (1903). In 1886, he married Constance Doyle, sister of Arthur Conan Doyle. During World War I, he visited the front lines, after which he published Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front (1919). In 1915. His son was killed at Ypres. After WWI, he worked in France with the YMCA.
1.A THIEF IN THE NIGHT [A BOOK OF RAFFLES' ADVENTURES],
2. MR. JUSTICE RAFFLES,
3. RAFFLES—FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN . ...
ERNEST WILLIAM HORNUNG [1866-1921], was a British writer famous for the novels featuring his character A. J. Raffles, "gentleman thief" in Victorian London. He based many of Raffle's traits on his acquaintance, criminologist George Ives. He first published stories of Raffles in Cassell's Magazine. The stories were later republished in book form. He also co-wrote, with Eugene Presbrey, the successful play Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman (1903). In 1886, he married Constance Doyle, sister of Arthur Conan Doyle. During World War I, he visited the front lines, after which he published Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front (1919). In 1915. His son was killed at Ypres. After WWI, he worked in France with the YMCA.
Détails du livre
Format
Kindle
Pages
543 pages
Langue
Anglais