Description
| Product ID: | 9780486823515 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Raffles |
| Subtitle: | The Amateur Cracksman |
| Authors: | Author: E. Hornung |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Man-about-town by day and thief by night, Raffles'' position as a professional cricket player provides the perfect cover for his burglaries. These sparklingly witty stories are narrated by his admiring accomplice. Dashing man-about-town by day and thief by night, A. J. Raffles offered Victorian readers a new kind of hero, a morally ambiguous character who anticipated the hardboiled detectives of 20th-century crime fiction. Raffles'' position as a professional cricket player and prominent member of society provides the perfect cover for his burglaries. These sparklingly witty stories, narrated by Raffles'' admiring accomplice, inspired numerous stage and screen adaptations. |
| Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-25 |
