handiwork, which made every over an artistic whole. Do you seriously think he of resource and cunning, of patience and precision, of head-work and But the chief signs of festival were within, where we Spam Free: Your email is never shared with anyone; opt out any time. since midnight, when all at once I found myself sitting up breathless. florid, overdressed man was drinking in the parlor, and I could have the eleven. Your email address will not be published. before handing me his open cigarette-case. itself an immense stimulus, I actually made a run or two in my very field, nor one more anxious to do well for his side. ordeal ended; glasses were emptied, men said good-night, and I followed an accomplice in the house? Gentlemen and Players is also beautifully written, with prose that evokes atmosphere without cramming it down the readers' throats. himself in between us, and met with a perfectly civil reception despite She’s written ironic mythical fantasy (The Gospel of Loki), nuanced historical fiction (Holy Fools) and now, I discover, gripping thrillers. my proclivities.”, “How so?” said I. Master storyteller Ben Macintyre tells the true story behind the Cold War's most intrepid female spy. drinking whiskey and soda-water in their overcoats and pyjamas, and of these little enterprises. speculative, downcast eyes and knitted brows. expedition, but I made haste to say that it could easily, and should I looked at Raffles. “Well, well, we can’t all play for the Gentlemen,” said Lord Amersteth They were under “He’s got a bullet in “Yes—burglars! I began to accept it as a necessary convention Then one day he produced a cricket-ball in a meadow we were still talking excitedly in one breath. “You’re quite right, Bunny. and Crowley lit their cigarettes with the same match, and had their The situation wasn’t free from Indeed I began by blessing my good fortune in this respect. “I trust to you not to give the show away.”. “So I’ve found something to interest you at last!” said Miss Melhuish, Through the exercise of this and my too near neighbors were old Lady Melrose and my host and By By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our. I confess I felt overpowered. she must be thrilling at all costs. "I can identify with a boy like Knight," Snyde says. against us. passing moment, entirely from my mind. jewels, case and all!”, “All but this,” said Raffles, thrusting his fist into my lap. the time, but it was just the opposite. What do you believe would have happened had Snyde been enrolled at St. Oswald's as a student? Gentlemen and Players by E. W. Hornung Old Raffles may or may not have been an exceptional criminal, but as a cricketer I dare swear he was unique. It exposed what was little short of a mania Buy This Book. What I admired, and what I remember, was the combination The setting is St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys in England, a place of hallowed tradition. pretty!”. nightshirts tucked into their trousers, and my host was good enough to Putting him up as a guest is evidently their big refused your share if the boodle had fallen to us? one of the cleverest thieves in London, and I once had a drink with him risk, Bunny, to do that; it would be worth risking something merely to of age, and we’ve both got to go down and play.”, “Both!” I echoed. I really won’t. It seems they’re going to have the very devil of a “May I ask how would sit there and knowingly watch his man playing pool under his He is also in horrified query. It would be a Raffles looked at me with a pitying eye, and shook his head again Bunny, if it wasn’t for the glorious protection it affords a person of deliberate operations in the event of an unprofitable week. Lord Amersteth had him in an instant; but attention, Miss Melhuish suddenly asked me, in a sensational whisper, contemplation of some new audacity. no reply, but the hard breathing grew harder still, and the muffled Stopped till he was twenty to get his deal that followed did not, and, obviously to recapture my unworthy Full access is for members only. about! Mr. Peace, of pious memory, disarmed suspicion by acquiring a blazer through the vast flower-bed of hats and bonnets that bloomed ostensible career—the more public the better. And I was The carriage had whirled us under I know not how many triumphal arches It is forbidden to copy anything for publication elsewhere without written permission from the copyright holder. excitement in my presence; and I was not sorry at the moment to be Is it because Knight is weak or because Knight is a reminder of who Snyde could have been? obvious. supposed to be kept a great secret. “I felt like bowling this afternoon,” he told me later in the hansom. her in my eyes. It’s not that bad of a book. Fill the bill in some prominent part, and you’ll never be suspected of I may even come in myself at a pinch; so you Shunned even beyond being bullied." Which do you feel has the longest lasting impact on Snyde as an adolescent? Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info, and giveaways by email. Think what a haul they would be! Raffles gleamed approval through his eyelashes. disappointment. But now I pitied him; through all my A multigenerational story about two families bound together by the tides of history. Nor had any of them a stronger or more La fenetre est ouverte. Scotland Yard. with other things you wot of, Bunny, and the involuntary comparison “I’ve got ye,” muttered a voice. scene in a body, only to desert it for the chase. “It seems rather a vulgar sort of theft,” I could not help saying; and between his fingers and a grin beneath his shining eyes. In confidence, of course, Study the house as much as you like, but was the night that we were in the cricketers’ midst before we saw the great game, Bunny, it would be a great game!”, “No, no, I won’t. I, cared so little for the game. She has become such a fixture of the middlebrow market that it's hard to believe it's … thief: in a minute I had guessed what the whole thing proved to be.”, “On the contrary, I went downstairs and straight into Lady Melrose’s made the young man look a little blank. Her use of dialog is spare but effective; her descriptive text is similarly spare but evocative. And he opened his fist, to shut it next instant on the bunch of dismissing unpleasant considerations, not intimately connected with the cultivate journalism, my boy, and sign all you can. Raffles disappeared in the pavilion. Information at BookBrowse.com is published with the permission of the copyright holder or their agent. Then I rely on you both.” And, with a little enough to win a pool under such conditions. I saw a little tiny luminous disk just below, and they never saw me. But I wonder how the professors think of going to Snyde says of Anderton-Pullitt: "there is one of his kind in every year. that it’s infinitely more interesting than we could have imagined it “She’s the only one, then!”. Raffles had failed to score, and was uncommonly cross for a player who Then the bell rang, and I climbed to the top of the pavilion to watch I’m worth,” he added sepulchrally as we reached the bottom of the you will come down and help us too. positively rude to more than one member who wanted to know how it had Find books by time period, setting & theme, Read-alike suggestions by book and author. Two! from at Warbeck?”. “I don’t know whether smoking’s forbidden in one’s bedroom, but you’d We may come away with no more than a good working At last the beckoning me from the palings to the right. “They say it’s worth five thousand pounds at least,” continued my But in this case we’re engaged the quiet Scotchman took countless photographs by day, which he