num_pages: 204
description: Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome - and a first-class cricketer. In these eight stories the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and thieving jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, stealing from the nouveau riche and, of course, bowling like a demon - all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick Bunny. Encouraged by a suggestion from his brother-in-law Arthur Conan Doyle to write a series about a public-school villain, and influenced by his own days at Uppingham, Ernest 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 honour among thieves.
language: English
title: Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman
titlecomplete: Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman
characters: A.J. Raffles, Bunny Manders
genres: Short Stories, Historical Fiction, Crime, Victorian, Classics, Mystery, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 2408
places: United Kingdom
series: A.J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief
publisher: Isis Large Print