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Overview
Ernest William Hornung, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a Gentleman thief in late Victorian London. In addition to his novels and short stories Hornung wrote some good war verse, and a play based on the Raffles stories was produced successfully and was "a man of large and generous nature, a delightful companion and conversationalist". The model for Raffles was George Ives, a Cambridge-educated criminologist and talented cricketer acording to Lycett. Ives was a discreet gay, and although Hornung "may not have understood this sexual side of Ives' character", Raffles "enjoys a remarkably intimate relationship with his sidekick Bunny Manders."
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- ISBN-13: 9781986943581
- ISBN-10: 1986943585
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: March 2018
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.37 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.52 pounds
- Page Count: 172
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