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Dead Men tell no tales

An English author who gained fame with a series of novels about a raffish but lovable thief named Arthur J. Raffles, Ernest William Hornung also tried his hand at mystery and detective fiction, perhaps inspired by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of master detective Sherlock Holmes. In Dead men tell no tales, Hornung spins a yarn that starts out with a love affair that blossoms on a boat journey, but soon turns deadly. A must-read for lovers of classic detective fiction.

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  • "An English author who gained fame with a series of novels about a raffish but lovable thief named Arthur J. Raffles, Ernest William Hornung also tried his hand at mystery and detective fiction, perhaps inspired by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of master detective Sherlock Holmes. In Dead men tell no tales, Hornung spins a yarn that starts out with a love affair that blossoms on a boat journey, but soon turns deadly. A must-read for lovers of classic detective fiction."@en
  • "An English author who gained fame with a series of novels about a raffish but lovable thief named Arthur J. Raffles, Ernest William Hornung also tried his hand at mystery and detective fiction, perhaps inspired by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of master detective Sherlock Holmes. In Dead Men Tell No Tales, Hornung spins a yarn that starts out with a love affair that blossoms on a boat journey, but soon turns deadly. A must-read for lovers of classic detective fiction."@en
  • "A man survives a fire on the ship he was taking from Australia to England, losing his love, the beautiful Eva Denison. He seeks to lose himself in the streets of London, but finds that someone is following him-- leading him to uncover a sinister conspiracy."@en
  • ""Meeting failure in his search for wealth in the 1851 Australian gold rush, a dispirited Mr. Cole takes the next available ship back to England -- and falls in love with Eva Denison, a beautiful and accomplished young woman traveling with her exotic Portuguese step-father. After a disaster at sea Cole returns to anonymity in London ... or so he thinks. Events lead to the discovery of a horrible conspiracy, and then to an adventure that may cost Cole his greatest love."--Manybooks.net."@en
  • "A fantastic mystery novel by the famous author of the 'Raffles' series, Ernest William 'Willie' Hornung. A man survives a fire on the ship he was taking from Australia to England, losing his love, the beautiful Eva Denison. He seeks to lose himself in the streets of London, but finds that someone is following him - leading him to uncover a sinister conspiracy ... Warning: this book was written in 1897 and is as such a product of its time. Some of the language used may be insulting or profane ..."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"@en

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  • "Os mortos não falam"
  • "Dead Men tell no tales"@en
  • "Dead Men tell no tales"
  • "Dead Men Tell No Tales by E.W. Hornung"@en
  • "Dead men tell no tales : Illustr. by Harvey T. Dunn"
  • "Dead men tell no tales : [a story]"@en
  • "Dead men tell no tales [a story]"@en
  • "Dead men tell no tales"
  • "Dead men tell no tales"@en
  • "Dead Men Tell no Tales"
  • "Os mortos nao falam"
  • "Dead Men Tell No Tales"@en

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