The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes
by Michael Sims, Grant Allen, Guy Boothby, E. W. Hornung, Arnold Bennett, O. Henry, George Randolph Chester, Frederick Irving Anderson, William Hope Hodgson, Sinclair Lewis, and Edgar Wallace
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Take a trip back to a time when criminals armed themselves with wit rather than with guns, and the pinnacle of crime-fighting technology was represented by Sherlock Holmes's magnifying glass. Edited by award-winning author and editor Michael Sims, The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime presents, for the first time, the best crime fiction from the gaslight era gathered in a single volume. All the legendary thieves are present - from Colonel Clay to Get Rich Quick Wallingford - burgling London and Paris, coming New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, and William Hope Hodgson.
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American fiction, English fiction, American detective and mystery stories, English detective and mystery stories, literature, fiction classics, Classic Literature, Fiction, Criminals, Thieves, Detective and mystery stories, Crime, fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery storiesPlaces
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The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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in English
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The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime: Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes
2009, Penguin Books
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in English
0143105663 9780143105664
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Take a trip back to a time when criminals armed themselves with wit rather than with guns, and the pinnacle of crime-fighting technology was represented by Sherlock Holmes's magnifying glass. Edited by award-winning author and editor Michael Sims, The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime presents, for the first time, the best crime fiction from the gaslight era gathered in a single volume. All the legendary thieves are present - from Colonel Clay to Get Rich Quick Wallingford - burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, and William Hope Hodgson.
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