by R. Austin Freeman · Leonaur Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9781916535909
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«Collected Short Stories Featuring Doctor John Thorndyke Volume 1» is the collection of detective stories by R. Austin Freeman, in hardcover.
Doctor John Evelyn Thorndyke, an Edwardian physician turned lawyer, solves crimes by applying forensic science. This first volume gathers fifteen tales of deduction, including «Pandora's Box», «The Blue Sequin» and «The Dead Hand».
The complete collection of Thorndyke short stories brings together forty stories in three volumes; this first volume has 352 pages and text in English.
For fans of classic detective fiction and deductive investigations of the Edwardian era.
Dr. Richard Austin Freeman was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story. This invention has been described as Freeman's most notable contribution to detective fiction. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
