The Shadow of the Rope: Large Print

By: Hornung, E. W.

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 crime: 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HQ3ZM57
• ISBN13: 9798683985707
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"