Richard Austin Freeman (1862–1943) drew upon his experiences as a colonial surgeon in Africa in the creation of his character Dr. John E. Thorndyke. His first Thorndyke story appeared in 1907, and after serving as an army physician during World War I, he published a tale of the doctor/detective nearly every year for the next three decades.
8 Ebooks by E. F. Bleiler
Baroness Orczy: Old Man in the Corner
A nameless old man sits in the corner of a cozy London tea shop, and without leaving his seat, solves baffling crimes reported to him by an admiring lady journalist. Using only methods of pure …
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€14.91
E. F. Bleiler: Three Gothic Novels
One of the most interesting phenomena in the history of literature, the Gothic novel — which flourished from about 1765 to 1825 — still has much to offer to the modern reader. …
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€16.22
Robert W. Chambers: King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
"Every story of The King in Yellow has something riveting about it … so perfectly realized, they became the model for much of twentieth-century horror/fantasy." — New York Press …
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€25.48
Lord Dunsany: Gods, Men and Ghosts
Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, ranks among the twentieth century’s great masters of supernatural and science fiction. An outstanding dramatist whose supernatural plays …
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€5.49
Thomas Peckett Prest & James Malcolm Rymer: Varney the Vampyre
"Dover does their usual wonderful — and visually rich — job in this edition of the penny dreadful vampire tales. Of interest to fans of vampire fiction but also those interested in …
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€19.30
Ernest Bramah: Best Max Carrados Detective Stories
Sightless detective Max Carrados solved his first cases in Edwardian London, in the early days of the 20th century when the city was the beating heart of the vast British Empire. This collection …
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€14.83
Arthur Morrison: Best Martin Hewitt Detective Stories
During the 1890s, the heyday of Sherlock Holmes, Martin Hewitt ranked among England’s most popular fictional detectives. A favorite of readers of The Strand and other magazines, Hewitt returns in …
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€14.92
Israel Zangwill: Big Bow Mystery
On a chilly December morning in Bow, a working-class area in London’s East End, a landlady unsuccessfully attempts to rouse a tenant whose door is locked and bolted from the inside. The alarmed …
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€7.42
