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  • No Hero
    E. W. Hornung
    An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mother’s influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in Mr. Hornung’s new story. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of piquant hotel gossip, the narrative being in the words of a friend of the boy’s mother who has undertaken the task of disillusionizing the lad. ...
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    13,50 €

  • Raffles
    E. W. Hornung
    Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman was also published as The Black Mask.After the dark turn of events at the end of The Gift of the Emperor, Bunny’s done his time and without Raffles is a struggling ex-convict. But things often take a turn for the better if you continue to work and that is just what happens. Upon taking a position as a male nurse Bunny is expe...
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    15,49 €

  • Raffles - The Amateur Cracksman
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these 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 brot...
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    67,75 €

  • The Complete Raffles (Complete and Unabridged) Includes
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    Arthur J. Raffles is a character by E. W. Hornung. He is a gentleman thief, living in a salubrious part of London, playing Cricket and supporting himself through his ingenious burglaries. He has a sidekick called Harry 'Bunny' Manders who is brave and loyal, frequently saving the day. Raffles is a master of disguise imitating accents flawlessly. This book contain all the Raffle...
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    37,25 €

  • The Amateur Cracksmen
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    Arthur Raffles is a prominent member of London society, and a national sporting hero. As a cricketer he regularly represents England in Test matches. He uses this as a chance to commit a number of burglaries, primarily stealing valuable jewelry from his hosts. In this he is assisted by his friend, the younger, idealistic Bunny Manders. Both men are constantly under the surveill...
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    13,90 €

  • Crime and Adventure with A. J. Raffles, Gentleman Thief
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    Hornung’s famous Raffles crime stories are collected in one volume, including 26 short stories and a novel. Raffles, and his partner Bunny, are daring in their larcenous escapades as they attempt to evade the law. ...
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    30,09 €

  • The Complete Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    These are E. W. Hornung’s famous stories of adventure and crime featuring the thrill seeking A. J. Raffles and his friend, accomplice and chronicler ’Bunny’. By turns urbane gentleman about town and accomplished cricketer, life is just too ordinary for Raffles and that sets him on a series of adventures that have long been treasured as a real antidote to the ’white knights’ who...
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    19,56 €

  • The Complete Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    These are E. W. Hornung’s famous stories of adventure and crime featuring the thrill seeking A. J. Raffles and his friend, accomplice and chronicler ’Bunny’. By turns urbane gentleman about town and accomplished cricketer, life is just too ordinary for Raffles and that sets him on a series of adventures that have long been treasured as a real antidote to the ’white knights’ who...
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    28,51 €

  • The Complete Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    Here are more of E. W. Hornung’s famous stories of adventure and crime featuring the thrill seeking A. J. Raffles and his friend, accomplice and chronicler ’Bunny’. By turns urbane gentleman about town and accomplished cricketer, life is just too ordinary for Raffles and that sets him on a series of adventures that have long been treasured as a real antidote to the ’white knigh...
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    20,47 €

  • The Complete Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    Here are more of E. W. Hornung’s famous stories of adventure and crime featuring the thrill seeking A. J. Raffles and his friend, accomplice and chronicler ’Bunny’. By turns urbane gentleman about town and accomplished cricketer, life is just too ordinary for Raffles and that sets him on a series of adventures that have long been treasured as a real antidote to the ’white knigh...
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    30,57 €

  • Stingaree (1909)
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    32,18 €

  • Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / Hornung E. W. Hornung / Hornung EWHornung
    I am still uncertain which surprised me more, the telegram calling my attention to the advertisement, or the advertise-ment itself. The telegram is before me as I write. It would appear to have been handed in at Vere Street at eight o’clock in the morning ...
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    34,42 €

  • The Amateur Cracksman
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / Hornung E. W. Hornung / Hornung EWHornung
    It was half-past twelve when I returned to the Albany as a last desperate resort. The scene of my disaster was much as I had left it. The baccarat-counters still strewed the table, with the empty glasses and the loaded ash-trays. A window had been opened ...
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    34,43 €

  • Dead Men Tell No Tales
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    Nothing is so easy as falling in love on a long sea voyage, except falling out of love. Especially was this the case in the days when the wooden clippers did finely to land you in Sydney or in Melbourne under the four full months. We all saw far too much ...
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    34,43 €

  • No Hero
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / Hornung E. W. Hornung / Hornung EWHornung
    Has no writer ever dealt with the dramatic aspect of the unopened envelope? I cannot recall such a passage in any of my authors, and yet to my mind there is much matter for philosophy in what is always the expressionless shell of a boundless possibility. ...
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    34,62 €

  • The Shadow of the Rope
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    It is finished, said the woman, speaking very quietly to herself. 'Not another day, nor a night, if I can be ready before morning!' She stood alone in her own room, with none to mark the white-hot pallor of the oval face, the scornful curve of quivering nostrils, the dry lustre of flashing eyes. But while she stood a heavy step went blustering down two flights of stairs, a...
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    34,01 €

  • A Thief in the Night
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some small part of an infinitely greater blank, across which you may conceive me to have stretched my canvas for the first frank portrait of my friend. The whole truth cannot harm him now. I shall paint i...
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    34,36 €

  • Mr. Justice Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    Raffles had vanished from the face of the town, and even I had no conception of his whereabouts until he cabled to me to meet the 7.31 at Charing Cross next night. That was on the Tuesday before the ’Varsity match, or a full fortnight after his mysterious disappearance. The telegram was from Carlsbad, of all places for Raffles of all men! Of course there was only one thing that...
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    34,18 €

  • Mr. Justice Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    Raffles had vanished from the face of the town, and even I had no conception of his whereabouts until he cabled to me to meet the 7.31 at Charing Cross next night. That was on the Tuesday before the ’Varsity match, or a full fortnight after his mysterious disappearance. The telegram was from Carlsbad, of all places for Raffles of all men! Of course there was only one thing that...
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    30,45 €

  • The Shadow of the Rope
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    It is finished, said the woman, speaking very quietly to herself. 'Not another day, nor a night, if I can be ready before morning!' She stood alone in her own room, with none to mark the white-hot pallor of the oval face, the scornful curve of quivering nostrils, the dry lustre of flashing eyes. But while she stood a heavy step went blustering down two flights of stairs, a...
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    30,27 €

  • A Thief in the Night
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some small part of an infinitely greater blank, across which you may conceive me to have stretched my canvas for the first frank portrait of my friend. The whole truth cannot harm him now. I shall paint i...
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    30,63 €

  • Dead Men Tell No Tales
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / W. Hornung E. W. Hornung / WHornung EWHornung
    Nothing is so easy as falling in love on a long sea voyage, except falling out of love. Especially was this the case in the days when the wooden clippers did finely to land you in Sydney or in Melbourne under the four full months. We all saw far too much of each other, unless, indeed, we were to see still more. Our superficial attractions mutually exhausted, we lost heart and p...
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    30,70 €

  • No Hero
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / Hornung E. W. Hornung / Hornung EWHornung
    Has no writer ever dealt with the dramatic aspect of the unopened envelope? I cannot recall such a passage in any of my authors, and yet to my mind there is much matter for philosophy in what is always the expressionless shell of a boundless possibility. Your friend may run after you in the street, and you know at a glance whether his news is to be good, bad, or indifferent; bu...
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    30,89 €

  • Raffles
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / Hornung E. W. Hornung / Hornung EWHornung
    I am still uncertain which surprised me more, the telegram calling my attention to the advertisement, or the advertise-ment itself. The telegram is before me as I write. It would appear to have been handed in at Vere Street at eight o’clock in the morning of May 11, 1897, and received before half-past at Holloway B.O. And in that drab region it duly found me, unwashen but at wo...
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    30,69 €

  • The Amateur Cracksman
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung / Hornung E. W. Hornung / Hornung EWHornung
    It was half-past twelve when I returned to the Albany as a last desperate resort. The scene of my disaster was much as I had left it. The baccarat-counters still strewed the table, with the empty glasses and the loaded ash-trays. A window had been opened to let the smoke out, and was letting in the fog instead. Raffles himself had merely discarded his dining jacket for one of h...
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    30,70 €

  • The Return Match
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,77 €

  • The Ides Of March
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,77 €

  • The Gift Of The Emperor
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,77 €

  • A Thief In The Night
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    A Thief In The Night is a classic mystery novel written by E. W. Hornung. The story follows the exploits of A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief who steals from the rich and gives to himself. Raffles is a charming and witty character who always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. However, when a priceless diamond goes missing from a wealthy woman’s home, Raffles finds himsel...
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    30,64 €

  • A Voice In The Wilderness
    E. W. Hornung / EWHornung
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,77 €


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