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The Notting Hill mystery : [the first detective novel] / compiled by Charles Felix ; [illustrated by George du Maurier].
Van Pelt Library PR4699.F183 N68 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Charles Warren.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Genre:
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- [New edition].
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : The British Library, [2012]
- Summary:
- Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron 'R___', suspected of murdering his wife. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.
- Notes:
- Subtitle from cover.
- Originally published: London : Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1865.
- ISBN:
- 0712358595
- 9780712358590
- OCLC:
- 756167092
- Publisher Number:
- 99948069690
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