E.W. Hornung's Raffles
Hornung. who was Conan Doyle's brother-in-law and friend, started to write the Raffles stories in 1899.
The books reflects the more gentle style of Victorian literature (as also seen in the Sherlock Holmes stories), where the emphasis is placed on dialogue and suspense, rather than gunplay and action.
Make no mistake, Raffles is a gentleman, albeit one without a moral compass, but one that knows there has to be a comeuppance sooner or later.
First shown in 1977 Raffles was a 13 part TV series on ITV about a gentleman England amateur cricketer A.J. Raffles, turned jewel thief, aided by his side kick and bumbling junior partner-in-crime Bunny Manders.
Living in gentlemens' rooms in the heart of London and a taste for the high life, Raffles augments his money by helping himself to the jewellery of people in the high society circles which he frequents.
Hot on his tail is the dour speaking Scotsman of Scotland Yard Inspector Mackenzie who strongly suspects Raffles is the mystery hand behind some of the most audacious jewellery thefts in London - and he is right to think so too!
Raffles enjoys taunting the Inspector by the sheer daring acts of defiance with a "catch me if you can attitude".
Magnificently played by Anthony Valentine who really does capture the essence of what it must have been like to be an English gentleman living in those times.
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1: The First Step
Raffles is entertaining two friends at his home at London's Albany one evening when he is visited by his old friend, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Bunny is goaded into a card game by Raffles' two friends, Carruthers and Tremayne, and eventually loses five hundred pounds.
Having paid his debt by cheque, Bunny later confesses to Raffles that the cheque is worthless, and that his reputation will be in tatters when it becomes known.
Raffles confesses to Bunny that he is an amateur cracksman, a jewel thief who steals from the rich, and invites Bunny to join him in his escapades.
Bunny is surprised, but accepts Raffles' offer, and they arrange a robbery at the house of one of the men who had fleeced Bunny...
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2: A Costume Piece
Reuben Rosenthal is a crude man from South Africa who has done well in the diamond industry.
He is extremely rich and not afraid to flaunt his diamonds.
Raffles determines to have some of Rosenthal's diamonds for himself, and stakes out Rosenthal's house in St. John's Wood using a variety of ingenious disguises.
He and Bunny break and enter, but all is not smooth sailing and Bunny has a particularly rough night.
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3: The Spoils of Sacrilege
Bunny feels that he is not doing enough to justify his role in his partnership with Raffles.
He suggests to Raffles that he take a more active role in their next burglary, and Raffles agrees.
Bunny arranges for their next target to be at his old home, now the residence of Lord and Lady Osborne.
He arranges for Raffles to see Lady Osborne's diamonds at a party and Raffles is hooked.
But the organisational side of things is not quite as simple as Bunny had imagined it to be.
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4: The Gold Cup
Raffles falls in love with the St. Agnes Cup, held in the British Museum Collection, and under threat of imminent purchase by a rich American.
Using one of his ingenious disguises and with Bunny's help, Raffles steals the Cup from under the noses of the Security Guards at the Museum.
He sends the Cup to Queen Victoria as a Jubilee present on behalf of the criminal element in Society.
Lord Thornaby, head of the famed Criminologists' Club, suspects Raffles of the crime.
He invites Raffles and Bunny to a dinner given by the Club at which all members are present at Lord Thornaby's home.
Raffles manages to convince them that he really is the Cleverest Cracksman of all time.
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5: The Chest of Silver
Raffles tells Bunny that he is going off to Scotland to improve his Scots dialect.
During his absence his rooms at London's Albany will be renovated, and it becomes imperative that certain items are not found in Raffles' flat.
Therefore, Bunny is entrusted with a chest full of silver, and Raffles requests that he lodge the chest of silver with the Bank.
Bunny complies, but are things quite what they seem?
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6: The Last Laugh
Visiting a reception at the Italian Ambassador's one evening, Raffles and Bunny conspire to steal an item of jewellery which is on display.
But for the help of Faustina, a maid who works at the Embassy, they would have been caught.
To repay her assistance, Raffles arranges to rescue her from the Embassy where she is being kept against her will by Count Corbucci, the evil Ambassador.
All goes well, but there is a very nasty shock in wait for Raffles, and an endless night.
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7: A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
Loud mouthed Barney Maguire is America's champion heavy weight boxer.
At Raffles' Club one evening he brags to Raffles and Bunny that he has a trap which would trap the cleverest of Cracksmen.
He also insults the noble game of cricket and ridicules his English boxing opponent.
This is enough to tempt Raffles into breaking and entering Maguire's premises, but he is unaware of the nature of the trap which awaits him.
It is left to Bunny to save the day.
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8: To Catch a Thief
Somebody is setting himself up in opposition to Raffles as another gentleman thief, and Raffles doesn't like it, as he is being accused by Inspector Mackenzie of things which he did not do.
Eventually Raffles pinpoints the thief as Lord Ernest Belville, and he and Bunny break into Belville's rooms in quest of some stolen loot.
Eventually there is a confrontation between Raffles and Lord Ernest Belville, and things go very wrong indeed for one of them.
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9: A Bad Night
Raffles has his eye on the Van Den Berg's wedding presents, but finds that he has an engagement at Lord's to play cricket on the day that they go on display, so Bunny goes in his place.
Bunny falls into the hands of Netje, the trigger-happy younger daughter of the Van Den Berg family who has taken it upon herself to guard the wedding presents from rogues and thieves.
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