R. Austin Freeman

The Dr. Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Thorndyke is one of the best creations of the Golden Age of British detective fiction. He is both medical doctor and barrister and the first great exponent of forensics in fiction, with an encyclopedic scientific knowledge. R. Austin Freeman was innovative in his writing too - some of his stories are divided in two: the first part describes the crime AND who did it - the second, the means of detection. In this new omnibus edition, over forty Thorndyke short stories are gathered, from The Singing Bone (a.k.a. The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke), The Great Portrait Mystery, John Thorndyke's Cases (a.k.a. Dr. Thorndyke's Cases), The Magic Casket , The Puzzle Lock and Dr. Thorndyke's Case Book (a.k.a. The Blue Scarab).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford City Press
• Seitenzahl: 1042
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 65mm
• Gewicht: 1810g
• ISBN-13: 9781849025010
• ISBN-10: 1849025010
• Artikelnr.: 33324660

Autorenporträt

Richard Austin Freeman (1862 - 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.