Just as Doyle had killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1894 only to revive him for more adventures later on, so Hornung kills off Raffles (as a soldier seeking atonement in the Boer War) at the end of this book - but stay tuned. The author may well have borrowed the name of his gentleman-burglar from Doyle's story, THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW, 1892. One of the few fictional characters to rival Holmes in popularity was Raffles, a celebrated cricketer in the highest social bracket, apparently endowed with a considerable private income - most of which was actually derived from the audacious burglaries he carried out with the aid of his faithful lieutenant Bunny. First American Edition of eight further adventures that constitute the second 'Raffles' book, following 1898's THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN. Original olive green cloth decorated in gilt. This is a near-fine copy (scarcely any wear, but as always with this color cloth, the spine is sunned to a light brown). Raffles has been on the big screen four times - in 1917 (John Barrymore), in 1925 (House Peters), in 1930 (Ronald Colman), and in 1940 (David Niven) - as well as on the small screen in a 1975 series. Watson, it is Raffles's sidekick Bunny who is the narrator of these tales. This Form of Flattery' in fact, just like Dr. The comparison to Holmes is not coincidental: six years earlier, Hornung had married Conan Doyle's sister Constance, and this book's dedication reads 'To A.C.D. The combination which he shows of resource and of cunning, of patience and of precision, of head work and of handiwork, stamps him a veritable artist in crime, well worthy to rank with his counterpart, Sherlock Holmes. Born and bred a gentleman, he enters upon an astonishing career of crime, bringing to every enterprise high spirits, an iron nerve, a buoyant wit, and a perfect ease and self-possession. is one of the most fascinating rascals of modern fiction. First American Edition of this collection of eight tales that introduced to the public the remarkable gentleman-cricketer-thief Arthur J.

The amateur cracksman