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About The Complete Raffles: Annotated and Illustrated

Handsome, debonaire AJ Raffles— Public school and Cambridge University educated, the finest cricketer of his decade, consummate gentleman—and jewel-thief. Assisted—sometimes impeded—by his friend Bunny, Raffles is out to relieve the cream of Victorian London of as much of its moveable wealth as he can get his hands on. Written by E.W. Hornung as an inversion of his brother-in-law Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Raffles was once a household name. His stories rivaled those of the great detective in popularity, and have since been adapted many times for stage, screen, and television. This edition, extensively annotated and including the original period illustrations, will allow modern readers to enjoy both the stories, and the fascinating glimpse they give into late Victorian and early Edwardian society. Here, for the first time in one volume, are all the Raffles short stories, the Raffles novel, and the plays.

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