A Certain Dr. Thorndyke
Autor: Freeman, R. Austin
Nakladatelství:
Thomas C. Breuer
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88 Kč
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80 Kč
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Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a long series of novels and short stories by R Austin Freeman. Thorndyke was described by his author as a 'medical jurispractitioner': originally a medical doctor, he turned to the bar and became one of the first - in modern parlance - forensic scientists. His solutions were based on his method of collecting all possible data (including dust and pond weed) and making inferences from them before looking at any of the protagonists and motives in the crimes. (Freeman, it is said, conducted all experiments mentioned in the stories himself.) It is this method which gave rise to one of Freeman's most ingenious inventions, the inverted detective story, where the criminal act is described first and the interest lies in Thorndyke's subsequent unravelling of it. A Certain Dr. Thorndyke is presented in two parts, the first of which is an adventure story set in West Africa. In the second part, Thorndyke is called in to solve a jewel robbery and thereby clear the hero of Part 1, the athletic John Osmond, of suspicion and allow him to return home and marry his true love. CONTENTS:BOOK I – THE ISHMAELITEI. THE FUGITIVEII. THE LEGA TEEIII. THE MUTINY ON THE ""SPEEDWELL""IV. THE PHANTOM MATEV. THE NEW AFTERGUARDVI. BETTY MAKES A DISCOVERYVII. THE MATE TAKES HIS DISCHARGEVIII. THE LAST OF THE ""SPEEDWELL""IX. ARMS AND THE MANX. BETTY'S APPEALXI. THE ORDER OF RELEASEBOOK II THE INVESTIGATORXII. THE INDICTMENTXIII. THORNDYKE TAKES UP THE INQUIRYXIV. THORNDYKE MAKES A BEGINNINGXV. MR. WAMPOLE IS HIGHLY AMUSEDXVI. WHICH TREATS OF LAW AND BUTTONSXVII. THE LAPIDARYXVIII. THE END OF THE CLUEXIX. THORNDYKE CONNECTS THE LINKSXX. OSMOND'S MOTIVEHodnocení uživatelů:
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