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The Notting Hill mystery : [the first detective novel]
- Title
- The Notting Hill mystery : [the first detective novel] / compiled by Charles Felix ; [illustrated by George du Maurier].
- Author
- Adams, Charles Warren.
- Publication
- London : The British Library, 2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.
- Description
- xiv, 284 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
- Summary
- Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron 'R___', suspected of murdering his wife. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Note
- Subtitle from cover.
- Originally published: London : Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1865.
- Call Number
- JFD 13-1261
- ISBN
- 0712358595
- 9780712358590
- OCLC
- 756167092
- Author
- Adams, Charles Warren.
- Title
- The Notting Hill mystery : [the first detective novel] / compiled by Charles Felix ; [illustrated by George du Maurier].
- Imprint
- London : The British Library, 2012.
- Edition
- [New ed.]
- Added Author
- Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 13-1261