A Prince of Swindlers Author:Guy Boothby The adventures of one of literature's first, greatest, and most dastardly gentleman rogues. — First published in 1900, A Prince of Swindlers introduces Simon Carne, a gentleman thief predating both E. W. Hornung's A. J. Raffles and Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin. The British Viceroy first meets Carne while traveling... more » in India. Charmed, he invites the reclusive hunchbacked scholar to London, little suspecting that his guest is actually an adventurer and a master of disguise. Carne - aided by his loyal butler, Belton - embarks on a crime spree, stealing from London's richest citizens and then making fools of them by posing as a detective investigating the thefts.
Now back in print after over a century, Guy Boothby's tale promises to delight a new generation of crime fans.« less
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