| The Eye of Osiris: A Detective Romance (1911) by: R. Austin Freeman Contributor(s): Freeman, R. Austin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1548474940 ISBN-13: 9781548474942 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 8" W x 10" (0.76 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 - 28 September 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. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology. |