Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these eight stories, the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and crime: stealing jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, pilfering from the nouveau riche, and, of course, bowling like a demon-all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick, Bunny. Encouraged by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, to write a series about a public school villain, and influenced by his own experiences at Uppingham, E. W. Hornung created a unique form of crime story, where, in stealing as in sport, it is playing the game that counts, and there is always honor among thieves.

Médias	Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé	5 mai 2018
ISBN13	9781717575203
Éditeurs	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	154
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 8 mm · 213 g
Langue et grammaire	English

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