Thief in the Night : A Book of Raffles' Adventures.
Title:
Thief in the Night : A Book of Raffles' Adventures.
Author:
Hornung, E. W.
ISBN:
9781775569121
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Out of Paradise -- The Chest of Silver -- The Rest Cure -- The Criminologists' Club -- The Field of Phillipi -- A Bad Night -- A Trap to Catch a Cracksman -- The Spoils of Sacrilege -- The Raffles Relics -- The Last Word.
Abstract:
First published in 1905, A Thief in the Night is the third collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. 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. Popular in its day, this is the last collection of short...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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