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A prince of swindlers

Guy Boothby ; introduction by Gary Hoppenstand

(Penguin classics)(Penguin books, . Literature)

Penguin, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxi]) and index

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The adventures of one of literature's first, greatest, and most dastardly gentleman rogues. First published in 1900, A Prince of Swindlers introduces Simon Carne, a gentleman thief predating both E. W. Hornung's A. J. Raffles and Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin. The British Viceroy first meets Carne while traveling in India. Charmed, he invites the reclusive hunchbacked scholar to London, little suspecting that his guest is actually an adventurer and a master of disguise. Carne - aided by his loyal butler, Belton - embarks on a crime spree, stealing from London's richest citizens and then making fools of them by posing as a detective investigating the thefts. Now back in print after over a century, Guy Boothby's tale promises to delight a new generation of crime fans.

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  • NCID
    BB18136218
  • ISBN
    • 9780143107224
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, [ii], 167 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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