# Raffles, Gentleman Thief

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- Authors: [Ernest William Hornung](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernest-william-hornung)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4179-022-9
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2026-01-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Dashing man about town, first-class cricketer and master burglar: Raffles is the ultimate gentleman thief. Here we find the debonair rogue cracking a jeweller’s safe on Bond Street, stealing from the nouveau riche, spiriting away a priceless pearl, outwitting the law at every turn – and, of course, bowling like a demon – all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick Bunny Manders. This new selection of Ernest Hornung’s much-loved crime stories is taken from his three Raffles collections, The Amateur Cracksman , The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night .