The Penguin book of gaslight crime : con artists, burglars, rogues, and scoundrels from the time of Sherlock Holmes
2009
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This collection brings together the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present - Arsène Lupin & A.J. Raffles, Colonel Clay & Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, & the Infallible Godahl - burgling London & Paris, conning New York & Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank.
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London : Penguin, 2009.
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336 p. ; 20 cm.
Series:
Penguin classics
ISBN:
9780143105664 (pbk)0143105663 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823'.0872080912
Language:
English
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BRN:
20682
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