Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 56 full-page plates by William Henry Hope, Édouard Vuillard and Walter Gay. The second book of Raffles - the amateur cracksman who plays for England at cricket and burgles the houses he dines in, with Bunny as his conscience and accomplice. Hornung was Conan Doyle's brother-in-law and dedicated the first volume to him; Doyle thought making a criminal the hero was a dangerous idea. Fifty-six plates by painters including Raden Saleh and Jean-Louis Forain supply the drawing rooms, courtrooms and country lanes of Raffles's world, from 1810 to 1926.
Complete and unabridged, with 56 full-page plates by William Henry Hope, Édouard Vuillard and Walter Gay. The second book of Raffles - the amateur cracksman who plays for England at cricket and burgles the houses he dines in, with Bunny as his conscience and accomplice. Hornung was Conan Doyle's ...
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E. W. Hornung (1866-1921) was an English author born in Middlesbrough who spent two years in Australia for his health. He married Conan Doyle's sister and created Raffles, the gentleman thief, as a deliberate inversion of Sherlock Holmes. His works include The Amateur Cracksman, Raffles, A Thief in the Night, and Mr Justice Raffles.
E. W. Hornung (1866-1921) was an English author born in Middlesbrough who spent two years in Australia for his health. He married Conan Doyle's sister and created Raffles, the gentleman thief, as a deliberate inversion of Sherlock Holmes. His works include The Amateur Cracksman, Raffles, A Thief ...
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