| Fergus Hume, Collection novels Contributor(s): Hume, Fergus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500995541 ISBN-13: 9781500995546 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $21.37 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 8.5" W x 11" (2.71 lbs) 536 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fergusson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume (1859 - 1932) was a prolific English novelist producing more than 100 novels and short stories. Finding that the novels of mile Gaboriau were then very popular, he obtained and read a set of them and determined to write a novel of a similar kind. The result was the self-published novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), which became a great success. Hume based his descriptions of poor urban life on his knowledge of Little Bourke Street. It eventually became the best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era. This novel inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write A Study in Scarlet. In this book: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab The Opal Serpent The Pagan's Cup The Secret Passage The Green Mummy The Solitary Farm |