Hornung was the brother-in-law of Arthur Conan Doyle the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Hornung has created Raffles as an inverted representation of Sherlock Holmes. A J Raffles was a thief. He was a gentleman thief who lived in a good neighborhood in London and played cricket. Raffles' plots to steal are ingenious and of a higher quality than the "common thieves".
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If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Thornaby, Scotland Yard, Palace Gardens, Barney Maguire, Nipper Nasmyth, Old Boys, Rest Cure, Raffles Relics, Black Museum, Lord Lochmaben, Swigger Morrison, Empress Rooms, Half-moon Street, Campden Hill, Colonel Crutchley, Earl of Thornaby, Founder's Fund, Ham Common, High Street, Imperial Boxing Club, Sloane Street, State of Nevada, Thornaby House New!
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If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Thornaby, Scotland Yard, Palace Gardens, Barney Maguire, Nipper Nasmyth, Old Boys, Rest Cure, Raffles Relics, Black Museum, Lord Lochmaben, Swigger Morrison, Empress Rooms, Half-moon Street, Campden Hill, Colonel Crutchley, Earl of Thornaby, Founder's Fund, Ham Common, High Street, Imperial Boxing Club, Sloane Street, State of Nevada, Thornaby House New!
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- A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung in Front Matter
- Tales and Fantasies: In one volume by Robert Louis Stevenson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Real World of Sherlock Holmes: The True Crimes Investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle by Peter Costello on page 49, and Back Matter
- During Her Majesty's Pleasure by Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Back Matter
- Dead Love Has Chains by Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Back Matter
- Conan Doyle, Detective: The True Crimes Investigated by the Creator of Sherlock Holmes by Peter Costello on page 71
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