The Ardagh emeralds
By: John Hall
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Linford mystery library; Linford mystery library
Publisher: Linford
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781846178672
Subjects: Raffles (Fictitious character); Fiction; Jewel thieves
Description: England in the 1890s. The world of Victoria and the Empire. This is the world, too, of AJ Raffles, man about town, who, assisted by his inept assistant Bunny Manders, is a successful jewel thief. The eight stories in this book recapture the spirit of the Naughty Nineties, when the gentleman burglar would put out his Sullivan cigarette, don a black mask, outwit a villain, and save a lady in distress - all before going out to dinner.
Notes: Originally published: s.l.: PlaneTree, 2004.