Bøger af Ernest Bramah

Ein blinder Detektiv, der Licht ins Dunkel bringt Max Carrados ist ein äußerst ungewöhnlicher Detektiv. Obwohl der Aristokrat bei einem Unfall sein Augenlicht verloren hat, vermag er dank seiner sehr ausgeprägten anderen Sinne die kniffligsten Fälle zu lösen. In vier abwechslungsreichen Geschichten kommt Carrados Münzfälschern auf die Spur, muss beweisen, dass ein tragisches Zugunglück absichtlich herbeigeführt wurde, Mordpläne vereiteln und sieht sich mit einer glamourösen Frau konfrontiert, deren Perlenkette gestohlen wurde. Ernest Bramah schuf Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts die Figur dieses unvergesslichen Schnüfflers, der seinerzeit Sherlock Holmes' größter Konkurrent im Kampf um die Gunst der Leser war und auch noch heute jeden Krimifan begeistern wird.

A lively and amusing collection of letters on western living written by Kong Ho, a Chinese gentleman. These addressed to his homeland, refer to the Westerners in London as barbarians and many of the aids to life in our society give Kong Ho endless food for thought. These are things such as the motor car and the piano; unknown in China at this time.

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of considerable repute in his day. In total Bramah published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W. W. Jacobs; his detective stories with Conan Doyle; his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah''s book What Might Have Been (1907) influenced his seminal Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948). Bramah, the creator of the immortal Kai Lung and Max Carrados, was a recluse who refused to allow his public even the slightest glimpse of his private life - secrecy perhaps only matched by E. W. Hornung, the creator of Raffles, and today, J. D. Salinger.

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of considerable repute in his day. In total Bramah published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W. W. Jacobs; his detective stories with Conan Doyle; his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah''s book What Might Have Been (1907) influenced his seminal Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948). Bramah, the creator of the immortal Kai Lung and Max Carrados, was a recluse who refused to allow his public even the slightest glimpse of his private life - secrecy perhaps only matched by E. W. Hornung, the creator of Raffles, and today, J. D. Salinger.

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of considerable repute in his day. In total Bramah published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W. W. Jacobs; his detective stories with Conan Doyle; his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah''s book What Might Have Been (1907) influenced his seminal Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948). Bramah, the creator of the immortal Kai Lung and Max Carrados, was a recluse who refused to allow his public even the slightest glimpse of his private life - secrecy perhaps only matched by E. W. Hornung, the creator of Raffles, and today, J. D. Salinger.

Kai Lung is a Chinese storyteller whose travels and exploits serve mainly as excuses to introduce substories. He is a man of very simple motivations; most frequently, he is animated by a desire for enough taels to be able to feed and clothe himself. This character usually comes into conflict with barbarians, bandits, and other people who are not classically educated, as well as various unscrupulous individuals who are intent on taking away his property. Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author. He published numerous thriller books, detective stories and supernatural tales, creating the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados. Bramah''s detective stories were ranked with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. Table of Contents: ΓÇó The Wallet of Kai Lung ΓÇó The Transmutation of Ling ΓÇó The Story of Yung Chang ΓÇó The Probation of Sen Heng ΓÇó The Experiment of the Mandarin Chan Hung ΓÇó The Confession of Kai Lung ΓÇó The Vengeance of Tung Fel ΓÇó The Career of the Charitable Quen-Ki-Tong ΓÇó The Vision of Yin, the Son of Yat Huang ΓÇó The Ill-Regulated Destiny of Kin Yen, the Picture-Maker ΓÇó Kai Lung''s Golden Hours ΓÇó Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat

Max Carrados is a blind detective who makes use of his remaining senses in such a way that his blindness is often not immediately apparent to others. Carrados enjoys the excitement of revealing his explanations of mysteries through powers of perception, which in his case are heightened in positive compensation for his visual impairment. George Orwell wrote that, together with those of Conan Doyle and R. Austin Freeman, Max Carrados stories "are the only detective stories since Poe that are worth re-reading." Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author. He published numerous thriller books, detective stories and supernatural tales, creating the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados. Bramah''s detective stories were ranked with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. Table of Contents: ΓÇó Max Carrados ΓÇó The Coin of Dionysius ΓÇó The Knight''s Cross Signal Problem ΓÇó The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage ΓÇó The Clever Mrs. Straithwaite ΓÇó The Last Exploit Of Harry the Actor ΓÇó The Tilling Shaw Mystery ΓÇó The Comedy at Fountain Cottage ΓÇó The Game Played In the Dark ΓÇó The Eyes of Max Carrados ΓÇó The Virginiola Fraud ΓÇó The Disappearance of Marie Severe ΓÇó The Secret of Dunstan''s Tower ΓÇó The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish of Mushrooms ΓÇó The Ghost at Massingham Mansions ΓÇó The Missing Actress Sensation ΓÇó The Ingenious Mr. Spinola ΓÇó The Kingsmouth Spy Case ΓÇó The Eastern Mystery ΓÇó Max Carrados Mysteries ΓÇó The Secret of Headlam Height ΓÇó The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown ΓÇó The Holloway Flat Tragedy ΓÇó The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes ΓÇó The Ingenious Mind of Mr. Rigby Lacksome ΓÇó The Crime at the House in Culver Street ΓÇó The Strange Case of Cyril Bycourt ΓÇó The Missing Witness Sensation ΓÇó The Bravo of London: A Novel