Raffles: The Rollicking Adventures Of England's Most Dashing Young Thief
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
In the gaslit drawing rooms and cricket pitches of Victorian England, one man plays two very different games — by day, A.J. Raffles is the most celebrated amateur cricketer in the land; by night, he is the most audacious jewel thief London has ever known. David Fletcher's Raffles: The Rollicking Adventures of England's Most Dashing Young Thief resurrects this legendary gentleman-rogue in a swaggering, witty novel that chronicles the razor-sharp exploits of a man who steals not out of necessity, but for the sheer, intoxicating thrill of it. With his loyal and perpetually nervous companion Bunny in tow, Raffles navigates high society with the same effortless grace he brings to cracking a safe, making fools of Scotland Yard at every glittering turn. Drawing on the original Raffles stories created by E.W. Hornung, Fletcher's novel presents a richly imagined world of Edwardian privilege, moral contradiction, and breathless derring-do, where the line between gentleman and criminal is as thin as a silk cravat. The narrative crackles with dry wit and a knowing irony, holding a satirical mirror up to the class-obsessed society that unwittingly harbours its most charming predator. For readers who relish a roguish hero whose elegance is matched only by his nerve, Raffles promises an escapade that is impossible to put down — and utterly impossible to forget.
Author: David Fletcher
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977
Genre: Adventure fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
In the gaslit drawing rooms and cricket pitches of Victorian England, one man plays two very different games — by day, A.J. Raffles is the most celebrated amateur cricketer in the land; by night, he is the most audacious jewel thief London has ever known. David Fletcher's Raffles: The Rollicking Adventures of England's Most Dashing Young Thief resurrects this legendary gentleman-rogue in a swaggering, witty novel that chronicles the razor-sharp exploits of a man who steals not out of necessity, but for the sheer, intoxicating thrill of it. With his loyal and perpetually nervous companion Bunny in tow, Raffles navigates high society with the same effortless grace he brings to cracking a safe, making fools of Scotland Yard at every glittering turn. Drawing on the original Raffles stories created by E.W. Hornung, Fletcher's novel presents a richly imagined world of Edwardian privilege, moral contradiction, and breathless derring-do, where the line between gentleman and criminal is as thin as a silk cravat. The narrative crackles with dry wit and a knowing irony, holding a satirical mirror up to the class-obsessed society that unwittingly harbours its most charming predator. For readers who relish a roguish hero whose elegance is matched only by his nerve, Raffles promises an escapade that is impossible to put down — and utterly impossible to forget.