Robert Barr (1) (1849–1912)
Auteur van The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont
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Werken van Robert Barr
The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs 4 exemplaren
Vintage Mysteries - 70 Stories in One Volume (Thriller Classics Collection): The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower, The… (2017) 2 exemplaren
The Tempestuous Petticoat 2 exemplaren
Within an Ace of the End of the World {short story} 2 exemplaren
The Fear of It [short story] 2 exemplaren
Lord Stranleigh, Millonario 1 exemplaar
The Conspiracy (in Short Modern Plays) 1 exemplaar
Detective Galbraith: The King of Diamonds & The Midas Touch: 2 BBC Radio Crime Dramas (2022) 1 exemplaar
The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes’ Rival Detectives: 16 BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramas (2021) 1 exemplaar
"The Man Who Was Not On the Passenger List" 1 exemplaar
Classic Detective Stories, Volume 1 1 exemplaar
"The Terrible Experience of Plodkins" 1 exemplaar
"How the Captain Got His Steamer Out" 1 exemplaar
"A Story for the Reformation of Poker Players" 1 exemplaar
In The Grip Of The Green Demon 1 exemplaar
The Doom of London 1 exemplaar
The Hour and the Man 1 exemplaar
Grote schoonmaak 1 exemplaar
Woman in a thousand 1 exemplaar
Stranleigh's millions 1 exemplaar
"Share and Share Alike" 1 exemplaar
"A Case of Fever" 1 exemplaar
"An International Row" 1 exemplaar
"A Ladies' Man" 1 exemplaar
"Miss McMillan" 1 exemplaar
"Mrs. Tremain" 1 exemplaar
"My Stowaway" 1 exemplaar
"The Purser's Story" 1 exemplaar
Contos de detectives. Os rivais de Sherlock Holmes — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Barr, Robert
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Hoe, Cottrel
Sharp, Luke - Geboortedatum
- 1849-09-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1912-10-21
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK (birth)
Canada - Geboorteplaats
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Woldingham, Surrey, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
London, England, UK - Beroepen
- journalist
editor
writer
humorist - Relaties
- Jerome, Jerome K. (Business partner)
- Organisaties
- The Idler
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Besprekingen
The setting is late medieval but not precisely historical, as the hero is "Roland, only son of the emperor" and as far as I know there was no such person. During a period when robber barons are making trade along the Rhine impossible, Roland, who has been incognito as a young sword maker, offers to lead 20 young craftsmen he has trained in swordsmanship in fighting their way down the Rhine from Frankfort to Cologne escorting a barge full of merchandise.
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- 352
- Populariteit
- #67,994
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 7
- ISBNs
- 326
- Talen
- 3
Two men who are friends and business associates are on a ship from America/Canada to Britain. They have just come from a top-secret business investigation. An American newspaper is anxious to get the details, so they send their most charming and wily female reporter. She is the first woman who intervenes.
Meanwhile, the two men have in mind not only their original job, but a new business opportunity that has popped up that they are eager to take advantage of, but in which they get foiled over and over, until another woman intervenes.
Not bad, and even exciting in bits, but also not terribly memorable.… (meer)