description: Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these eight stories, the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and 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 brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, to write a series about a public school villain, and influenced by his own experiences at Uppingham, E. W. 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 honor among thieves.
language: English
title: The Amateur Cracksman
titlecomplete: The Amateur Cracksman (Raffles)
characters: Bunny Manders, A.J. Raffles
genres: Adventure, Crime, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, 19th Century, Classics, Fiction, Mystery, Victorian
ratings_count: 2407
places: United Kingdom
series: A.J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief
publisher: Ayer Co Pub