| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Contents |
The Ides of March -- A costume piece -- Gentlemen and players -- Le premier pas -- Wilful murder -- Nine points of the law -- The return match -- The gift of the emperor |
| Summary |
First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. Raffles was E. W. Hornung's most famous character. Popular in its day, the book led to three later works: The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night , both collections of short stories, and Mr. Justice Raffles , a complete novel. In public a popular sportsman, in private a cunning burglar with a weakness for valuable jewelery, Arthur Raffles, with the help of his side-kick Bunny Manders, always manages to thwart the investigations of Scotland Yard's Inspector Mackenzie |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1899 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Raffles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Raffles (Fictitious character) fast |
| Subject |
Burglars -- England -- Fiction
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Burglars
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction
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Fiction
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781775415107 |
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1775415104 |
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9781775415107 |
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1775415104 |
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