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Ernest William Hornung was born in Middlesbrough, England in 1866, the third son and youngest of eight children. Although spending most of his life in England and France he spent two years in Australia from 1884 and that experience was to colour and influence much of his written works. His most famous character A. J. Raffles, 'the gentleman thief', was published first in Cassell's Magazine during 1898 and was to make him famous across the world as the new century dawned. Hornung also wrote several stage plays and was a gifted poet. Spending time with the troops in WWI he published Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front during 1919, a detailed account of his time there. This was especially close to his heart as his son, and only child, was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres
Ernest William Hornung died in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in the south of France on 22nd March 1921.
Index of Contents
THE IDES OF MARCH
A COSTUME PIECE
GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS
LE PREMIER PAS
WILLFUL MURDER
NINE POINTS OF THE LAW
THE RETURN MARCH
THE GIFT OF THE EMPEROR
NO SINECURE
A JUBILEE PRESENT
THE FATE OF FAUSTINA
THE LAST LAUGH
TO CATCH A THIEF
AN OLD FLAME
Previosu owners name in faded ink to the title page , otherwise unmarked, Penguin Number 63, Horizontal triband design
