Ernest William Hornung was born in Middlesbrough, England on 7th June 1866, the third son and youngest of eight children. Although spending most of his life in England and France he spent two years in Australia from 1884 and that experience was to colour and influence much of his written works. His most famous character A. J. Raffles, ‘the gentleman thief’, was published first in Cassell’s Magazine during 1898 and was to make him famous across the world as the new century dawned. Hornung also wrote several stage plays and was a gifted poet. Spending time with the troops in WWI he published Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front during 1919, a detailed account of his time there. This was especially close to his heart as his son, and only child, was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres on 6th July 1915. Ernest William Hornung died in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in the south of France on 22nd March 1921. Index of Contents CHAPTER I - Dust to Dust CHAPTER II - The Chief Mourner CHAPTER III - A Confession CHAPTER IV - Midsummer Night CHAPTER V - The Man Alone CHAPTER VI - Fire CHAPTER VII - The Sinner’s Prayer CHAPTER VIII - The Lord of the Manor CHAPTER IX - A Duel Begins CHAPTER X - The Letter of the Law CHAPTER XI - Labour of Hercules CHAPTER XII - A Fresh Discovery CHAPTER XIII - Devices of a Castaway CHAPTER XIV - The Last Resort CHAPTER XV - His Own Lawyer CHAPTER XVI - End of the Duel CHAPTER XVII - Three Weeks and a Night CHAPTER XVIII - The Night’s Work CHAPTER XIX - The First Winter CHAPTER XX - The Way of Peace CHAPTER XXI - At the Flint House CHAPTER XXII - A Little Child CHAPTER XXIII - Design and Accident CHAPTER XXIV - Glamour and Rue CHAPTER XXV - Signs of Change CHAPTER XXVI - A Very Few Words CHAPTER XXVII - An Escape CHAPTER XXVIII - The Turning Tide CHAPTER XXIX - A Haven of Hearts CHAPTER XXX - The Woman’s Hour CHAPTER XXXI - Advent Eve CHAPTER XXXII - The Second Time CHAPTER XXXIII - Sanctuary E.W. HORNUNG - A SHORT BIOGRAPHY E.W. HORNUNG - A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHY