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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1938
  • Latest Book:
    March 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Doctor Syn

1 - Doctor Syn on the High Seas (1973)
2 - Doctor Syn Returns (Mar-2015)
3 - The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn ()
4 - The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn ()
5 - The Amazing Quest Of Doctor Syn (1938)
6 - The Shadow of Doctor Syn ()
7 - Doctor Syn ()

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • The men of Dymchurch had good reason to be suspicious of strangers--especially inquisitive strangers. In an area where smuggling was almost a way of life, any such man might well be an agent the revenue men. But this stranger; pompous, nervous, We...



  • Doctor Syn On The High Seas is chronologically the first in the Doctor Syn series (the first book is the last chronologically), Syn on the High Seas kicks off the bloody adventure of Christopher Syn.
    Syn is a mild mannered Doctor of Divinity, un...



  • Posing as a respectable vicar in Dymchurch at the turn of the 18th century, Dr. Syn is actually the retired pirate Captain Clegg. Clegg, believed hanged in Rye, is no longer being sought by the authorities. However, country life proves too tame for S...




  • "Dr. Syn's creator cannot but write interestingly. . . . Some of the strange stories are horrible and not for the squeamish." - "Sydney Morning Herald" "These tales of terror and violence are quite nightmarish in their exciting conception." - "Glasg...



  • " W]orthy of being compared to Dickens's creations . . . First-class entertainment." - William F. Deeck, "The Mystery Fancier" "An exciting story told in a pleasant narrative style with considerable skill, and a whole portfolio of Dickensian charact...



  • "You, too, are an honest man, Captain Faunce," replied Syn. "You show your sympathy and your sentiment without shame, and I think you. Therefore, on the strength of your generosity, if I pledge you my word that this shall never happen again, will you...




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    Posing as a respectable vicar in Dymchurch at the turn of the 18th century, Dr. Syn is actually the retired pirate Captain Clegg. Clegg, believed hanged in Rye, is no longer being sought by the authorities. However, country life proves too tame for t...






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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



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    Doctor Syn, meeting the brothers at dinner, jocularly suggested that the Admiral should employ the Scarecrow to catch the privateer, affirming that his mysterious and notorious parishioner, having never yet lost a smuggling lugger, must possess somet...



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    Well--there it was. He had been hanged by the neck until he was dead, by some person or persons unknown--to wit--the Scarecrow, which the jury found on one was able to do anything about, since the Army, the Navy, the Revernue and Bow Street Runners, ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Russell Thorndike has published 12 books.

Russell Thorndike does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Doctor Syn Returns, was published in March 2015.

The first book by Russell Thorndike, The Amazing Quest Of Doctor Syn, was published in January 1938.

Yes. Russell Thorndike has 1 series.