Mr. Pottermack's Oversight - Brossura

FREEMAN, R.Austin

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ISBN 10: 0701207744 ISBN 13: 9780701207748

Casa editrice: The Hogarth Press, 1988

Riassunto

A novel, first published in 1930, featuring John Evelyn Thorndyke, an investigator who disentangles Mr Pottermack's capers. These involve a nightmare of blackmail, murder, a difficult romance and the purchase of an Egyptian mummy, all of which Mr Pottermack has tried to solve with the perfect crime. Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) also wrote as Clifford Ashdown. He wrote approximately 50 books, the majority of them featuring his great detective, Dr Thorndyke.

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L'autore

R. Austin Freeman is the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing, is best known for his character Dr John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. Much of his long life was spent as a physician and surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He also held posts in West Africa and later was a medical officer at Holloway Prison. The most famous of the Edwardian detective writers, he rescued the detective story from "thrillerdom" and made it acceptable to a more discerning class of reader.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The Hogarth Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0701207744
• ISBN 13: 9780701207748
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile