Books by Ernest William Hornung

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En Mr. Cole har åkt båt till Australien under guldruschen. Han har ingen större lycka och beslutar sig för att återvända till London. När han stiger på båten "Lady Jermyn" får han syn på den vackra Eva Denison och det dröjer inte länge förrän han blir förälskad i henne.Det visar sig snart att "Lady Jermyn" inte är vilken båt som helst, den har nämligen en hemlig last. Och som om det inte vore nog börjar båten brinna och hamnar i sjönöd. En enda person överlever tragedin: Mr. Cole.Ernest William Hornung (1866-1921) var en engelsk författare och poet, mest känd för sina böcker om gentlemannatjuven A. J. Raffles i 1800-talets London.Hornung var aktiv i sitt författarskap fram till första världskriget då hans sons allt för tidiga död satte stopp. Istället blev Hornung volontär och hjälparbetare varpå hans produktion blev ganska sparsmakad fram till hans död 1921.