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The Amateur Cracksman
The Amateur Cracksman
Editorial: Good Press
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN: 4057664158215
Formatos: ePub (con DRM de Adobe)
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The Amateur Cracksman
The Amateur Cracksman
Editorial: Good Press
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN: 4057664158215
Formatos: ePub (con DRM de Adobe)
Compatibles con:
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android & eReaders
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- Sinopsis
- "The Amateur Cracksman" by E. W. Hornung is a short story collection. It was the original short story collection by Hornung, featuring his most famous character, A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian Great Britain. The book contains the tales: The Ideas of March, A Costume Piece, Gentlemen and Players, Le Premier Pas, Wilful Murder, Nine Points of the Law, The Return Match, and The Gift of the Emperor.
- Acerca de E. W. Hornung
E. W. Hornung (1866–1921) based his iconic characters—the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles and his sidekick, Bunny Manders—on his friends Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, as well as on his brother-in-law Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous literary creations: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The eighth child of a Hungarian timber and coal merchant, Hornung was a prolific and popular author during his lifetime, publishing in a variety of genres.
