Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret

Author: George Alfred Henty

Publisher:

Published: 1898

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13:

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Colonel Thorndyke brought home from India a diamond bracelet stolen from a Hindu idol by a British soldier. Theft from a Hindu temple was considered a crime in India, obligating one or more persons to hunt down the thief and bring back what was stolen. The members of the Thorndyke family soon learned that they were being watched but could not determine whether by English highwaymen or Indian pursuers. A mysterious death followed, and this determined Mark Thorndyke, the hero of the tale, to become a detective in the London police force for the purpose of unraveling the mystery.

Popular Print Media: 1820-1900
Popular Print Media: 1820-1900

Author: Andrew King

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-01-13

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1000332454

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First published in 2004. Popular Print Media 1820-1900 makes available a selection of articles from nineteenth-century newspapers, periodicals and books which are otherwise unavailable except in their original publications. The collection also includes a significant amount of material that highlights the complex and changing importance of women in and for the nineteenth-century media at large. The collection is made up of three volumes, divided into six sections and will cover the following themes: technology, reading spaces, influence of print, graphic media, serial fiction, periodicals and the 'popular'. Each section includes a new introduction by the editors. The editors will also include a thematic table that enables readers to pursue a specific conceptual and/or historical issue, such as the impact of serial publication upon practices of reading and authorship.