Kai Lung's Golden Hours is a fantasy novel by Ernest Bramah. It was first published in 1922, and there have been numerous editions since. The first edition included a preface by Hilaire Belloc, which is also included in this ebook edition. Its import...
The Mirror of Kong Ho is a collection of slyly hilarious stories told in letters home from Kong Ho, a Chinese national who is visiting London....
Five Max Carrados Detective Stories includes five of the 8 stories originally published in book form in 1914 under the titles Max Carrados. The stories in this volume are: The Coin o Dionysius, The Knight's Cross Signal Problem, The Tragedy at Brookb...
Four for the Eyes of Max Carrados includes four of the 9 stories originally published in book form in 1923 under the titles The Eyes of Max Carrados. The stories in this volume are: The Disappearance of Marie Severe, The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish ...
The twelve earliest Max Carrados mystery stories (first published in the UK in 1913) are collected here. One of the "blind detectives" of the golden-age of detective fiction, Carrados was intelligent, resourceful, and used his highly-developed senses...
A new collection of 'Kai Lung' stories by Ernest Bramah, including four previously unpublished stories. Related by Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller, these stories, set in an Ancient China that never was, entertain with their wonderful use of langu...
Max Carrados is everything a proper Edwardian Detective should be, intelligent, observant, educated, of independent means. He's also blind, but he never lets that stop him from solving a crime. Taken from the pages of the _Strand_, where he often rec...
Max Carrados is a fictional blind detective in a series of mystery stories and books by Ernest Bramah, beginning in 1914. The Max Carrados stories appeared alongside Sherlock Holmes in the Strand Magazine, in which they often had top billing, and fre...
Yes, so infatuated has become this very susceptible young man that you lead him about like pet lamb at the end of blue ribbon. Business? Perhaps. But how have you been able to do this, Violet? And you husband-Darragh-to him simply business, very good...
NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader and your ipod e-book reader.The adventures of Max Carrados, Blind Detective. A collection of Carr...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday' is one of Bramah's collections of tales. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near Man...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry-Tree' is one of Bramah's works in the Kai Lung series. Ernest Bramah Smith was ...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
The classic crime novel featuring blind detective Max Carrados, whose popularity rivalled that of Sherlock Holmes, complete with a new introduction and an extra short story.In his dark little curio shop Julian Joolby is weaving an extravagant scheme ...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Clever Mrs Straithwaite' is one of the classic Max Carrados detective mysteries. Ernest Bramah Smith was born...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Coin of Dionysius' is a mystery short story of a coin and a blind man. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near ...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Comedy at Fountain Cottage' is a classic Max Carrados mysteries of buried treasure. Ernest Bramah Smith was b...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Crime at the House in Culver Street' is a classic case for blind super sleuth Max Carrados. Ernest Bramah Smi...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes' is a classic case for blind super sleuth Max Carrados. Ernest Br...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Disappearance of Marie Severe' is a classic missing person mystery for blind super sleuth M...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Game Played in the Dark' is one of the classic Max Carrados detective mysteries. Ernest Bramah Smith was born...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Ghost at Massingham Mansions' is a classic mystery for blind super sleuth Max Carrados. Ern...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Holloway Flat Tragedy' is a classic case for blind super sleuth Max Carrados. Ernest Bramah Smith was born wa...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Ingenious Mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome' is a classic case for blind super sleuth Max Carrados. Ernest Bramah Smi...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Ingenious Mr. Spinola' is the case of a card playing scam for blind super sleuth Max Carrad...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat' is one of Bramah's works in the Kai Lung series. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was n...
Although somewhat neglected now, at the height of his fame Ernest Bramah's mystery tales appeared alongside Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in the Strand Magazine, even occasionally outselling them. First published in 1913, 'The Knig...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor' is a mystery of an unexplainable bank robbery. Ernest Bramah Smith was born ...
Ernest Bramah was an English author who wrote popular books in many different genres, including humor, detective fiction, and science fiction....
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Max Carrados Mysteries' is a collection of Bramah's classic detective tales containing 'The Secret of Hea...
'The Missing Witness Sensation' is an intriguing mystery tale of kidnap. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near Manchester in 1868. He was a poor student, and dropped out of the Manchester Grammar School when sixteen years old to go into the f...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'More Max Carrados Mysteries' is a collection of Bramah's classic mysteries that include the...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish of Mushrooms' is a classic case of poison and skulduggery for ...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Mystery of The Vanished Petition Crown' is a case of an auction scam for super sleuth Max Carrados to solve. ...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Secret of Headlam Height' is a classic case of espionage for super sleuth Max Carrados. Ernest Bramah Smith w...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Strange Case of Cyril Bycourt' is a classic case for blind super sleuth Max Carrados. Ernest Bramah Smith was...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Tilling Shaw Mystery' is one of the classic Max Carrados detective mysteries. Ernest Bramah Smith was born wa...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage' is a Max Carrados mystery of a man's plot to murder his wife. Ernest Bramah...
This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near Manchester in 1868. He was a poor student, and dropped out of the Manchester Grammar...
Excerpt from The Secret of the League: The Story of a Social War
Suppose I am old-fashioned - there was a murmur of polite dissent from all the ladies present, except the one addressed Oh, I take it as a compliment nowadays, I assure you; but whe...This is a collection of Kai Lung's entertaining tales, told professionally in the market places as he travelled about - sometimes to occupy and divert the minds of his enemies when they were intent on torturing him....