Scotland Yard Escaped: A gentleman thief reforms

by Klaus Schwanitz

A.J. RAFFLES ... Who is he and where did he originate? Ernest William Hornung, an Englishman invented this hero of the underworld more than a hundred years ago, in late Victorian England. The Author was the brother in law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous father of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It certainly was not his intention to copy his famous brother in law, so his stories deal with the opposite side of the law. Raffles and his friend Bunny...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150783375X
• ISBN13: 9781507833759
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"