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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (Penguin Classics)

Author(s):

Hornung, E W

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Softcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Thus

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Penguin

Publication Year:

2003

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

9781856132824

Book ID:

044082

Catalogue(s):

Fiction – Crime, Mysteries and Thrillers

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1st thus. 180pp. Glossy, illustrated stiff card covers. 8vo. A hint of gentle edge wear to card covers; and a previous retailer’s price label on the back cover, else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.

Gentleman thief Raffles is both daring and debonair as well as devilishly good-looking. He is also a first class cricketer. In the eight short stories in this collection, Raffles indulges both his passions – jewel thievery and cricket! Encouraged by the suggestion of his brother-in-law, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, to write a series about a public school villain, and inspired by his own time at Uppingham, Ernest Hornung (died 1921) created a unique form of crime fiction where stealing is a skilful sport and its being in the game that counts.

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