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Confessions of a Thug is an English novel written by Philip Meadows Taylor in 1839 based on the Thuggee cult in India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire 's most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century; its avid readers included Queen Victoria . [ 3 ]
1904 Collier's illustration by J. C. Leyendecker. A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung.Between 1898 and 1909, Hornung wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about Raffles and his fictional chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
A. J. Raffles appears in the following four books (three short story collections and one novel) by E. W. Hornung. Most of the short stories were first published in magazines. The Amateur Cracksman (1899, 8 short stories) The Black Mask (1901, 8 short stories) A Thief in the Night (1905, 10 short stories) Mr. Justice Raffles (1909 novel)
The 1839 novel Confessions of a Thug by Philip Meadows Taylor is based on the Thuggee cult, revolving around a fictional Thuggee who is named Ameer [85] Ali. The novel popularized the word "thug" in the English language. Thuggees, including Faringhea himself, play a substantial role in the 1845 novel, The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue.
Book Thug Nation is a Brooklyn independent bookstore in Williamsburg. Founded in 2009, it sells used books, primarily fiction, and occasionally hosts events ranging ...
Wahida Clark is an African-American author known for her popular Thug series novels. She began her writing career while serving time in prison, and her novels have been listed on the New York Times and Essence best-sellers lists.
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Garrett P.I. is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Glen Cook about Garrett, a freelance private investigator.The novels are written in a hard-boiled detective fiction style, with elements of traditional mystery and dialogue-based humor.