Read Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Lucy Sussex

4.9/5 (28045 ratings)

Description:Before there was Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, there was Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab—the biggest- and fastest-selling detective novel of the 1800s, and Australia’s first literary blockbuster.Fergus Hume was an aspiring playwright when he moved from Dunedin to Melbourne in 1885. He wrote The Mystery of a Hansom Cab with the humble hope of bringing his name to the attention of theatre managers. The book sold out its first run almost instantly and it became a runaway word-of-mouth phenomenon—but its author sold the copyright for a mere fifty pounds, missing out on a potential fortune.Blockbuster! is the engrossing story of a book that would help define the genre of crime fiction, and a portrait of a great city in full bloom. Rigorously researched and full of arresting detail, this captivating book is a must-read for all fans of true crime, history and crime fiction alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. To get started finding Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 298

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Text Publishing

Release: 2015

ISBN: 192214794X

Description: Before there was Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, there was Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab—the biggest- and fastest-selling detective novel of the 1800s, and Australia’s first literary blockbuster.Fergus Hume was an aspiring playwright when he moved from Dunedin to Melbourne in 1885. He wrote The Mystery of a Hansom Cab with the humble hope of bringing his name to the attention of theatre managers. The book sold out its first run almost instantly and it became a runaway word-of-mouth phenomenon—but its author sold the copyright for a mere fifty pounds, missing out on a potential fortune.Blockbuster! is the engrossing story of a book that would help define the genre of crime fiction, and a portrait of a great city in full bloom. Rigorously researched and full of arresting detail, this captivating book is a must-read for all fans of true crime, history and crime fiction alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. To get started finding Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

More Books

Thief of Lives

Thief of Lives

Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction: The Mothers of the Mystery Genre (Crime Files)

Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction: The Mothers of the Mystery Genre (Crime Files)

The Revognase (The Quentaris Chronicles)

The Revognase (The Quentaris Chronicles)

She's Fantastical: The First Anthology of Australian Women's Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism and Fantasy

She's Fantastical: The First Anthology of Australian Women's Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism and Fantasy

Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies

Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies

Altered Voices: 9 Science Fiction Stories

Altered Voices: 9 Science Fiction Stories

A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

Black Ice

Black Ice

The Scarlet Rider

The Scarlet Rider