Author: Various. Compiled by Martin Radcliffe. Published by The Do Not Press, London, UK, 2004, 1st Edition. Printed in Great Britain. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.25 inch, 556 pages.
MASTERS OF MYSTERY, A Collection of Crime Stories by 27 Authors, is the definitive collection of mystery, as critic and historian Martin Radcliffe delves into the archives and presents some of the best and most influential short stories of the Victorian and Edwardian years.
Renowned Victorians such as Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were the pioneers of crime and detective fiction, but they were by no means alone. These are the tales of Masters (and Mistresses) of Mystery that inspired generations of writers and led to the creation of renowned detectives such as Lord Peter Wimsey, Sam Spade, Miss Marple, Lew Archer, Morse, Dalgliesh and Rebus. Thirty stories of crime and mystery Arnold Bennett, Max Pemberton, Edgar Allen Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Arthur Morrison, Sax Rohmer, William Le Queux & many others.
