Ernest Bramah

Ernest Bramah was born on 20th March 1868. He was an intensely private man and very little about his life was ever released. Bramah dropped out of Manchester Grammar school at sixteen, in almost all his subjects he was close to the bottom of...

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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Ernest BramahISBN-10: 1500776866ISBN-13: 9781500776862Publisher: Createspace Independent...

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Max Carrados is a blind detective with a keen intellect and a talent for deduction. In these four stories, he solves seemingly impossible mysteries involving stolen gems, secret codes, and murder. Written by Ernest Bramah, a popular writer of crime fiction in the early...

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of considerable repute in his day. In total Bramah published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W. W. Jacobs; his detective stories with Conan Doyle;...

This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry-Tree' is one of Bramah's works in the Kai Lung series. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near...

These stories are 'as related by Kai Lung', an itinerant story-teller in an ancient China. The language used is humorously complex, and the stories are engaging. The four longer tales appear in this volume for the very first time. The seven shorter stories, although...

A new collection of 'Kai Lung' stories by Ernest Bramah, including four previously unpublished stories. Related by Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller, these stories, set in an Ancient China that never was, entertain with their wonderful use of language, and readers will frequently find...

The third in Bramah's Kai Lung series of fantasy novels. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, like the others in the series consists of thinly connected stories related by Kai Lung, concerning the adventures of the storyteller and his lady love Hwa-Mei versus the wicked...

Kai Lung's Golden Hours is a fantasy novel by English writer Ernest Bramah. It was first published in hardcover in London by Grant Richards Ltd. in October, 1922, and there have been numerous editions since. The first edition included a preface by Hilaire Belloc,...

Man is born to make. His business is to construct; to plan; to carry out the plan: to fit together, and to produce a finished thing. That human art in which it is most difficult to achieve this end and in which it is...

Kai Lung's Golden Hours is a fantasy novel by English writer Ernest Bramah. It was first published in hardcover in London by Grant Richards Ltd. in October, 1922, and there have been numerous editions since. The first edition included a preface by Hilaire Belloc,...

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of considerable repute in his day. In total Bramah published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W. W. Jacobs; his detective stories with Conan Doyle;...

Max Carrados is a fictional blind detective in a series of mystery stories and books by Ernest Bramah, first published in 1914. The Max Carrados stories appeared alongside Sherlock Holmes stories in the Strand Magazine. Bramah was often billed above Arthur Conan Doyle, and...

This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1927 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Max Carrados Mysteries' is a collection of Bramah's classic detective tales containing 'The Secret of Headlam Height', 'The Mystery of The Vanished...

Max Carrados is a fictional blind detective in a series of mystery stories and books by Ernest Bramah, beginning in 1914. The Max Carrados stories appeared alongside Sherlock Holmes in the Strand Magazine, in which they often had top billing, and frequently outsold his...

Sightless detective Max Carrados solved his first cases in Edwardian London, in the early days of the 20th century when the city was the beating heart of the vast British Empire. This collection contains the very best tales of the blind sleuth, 10 adventures...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Ernest BramahISBN-10: 1500776629ISBN-13: 9781500776626Publisher: Createspace Independent...

The complete short story casebook of the blind rival of Sherlock Holmes In the pages of the influential Strand Magazine, there was a time when Ernest Bramah's stories of crime and detection, featuring the blind detective Max Carrados, appeared alongside those about the world's...

This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Comedy at Fountain Cottage' is a classic Max Carrados mysteries of buried treasure. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near Manchester...

A lively and amusing collection of letters on western living written by Kong Ho, a Chinese gentleman. These addressed to his homeland, refer to the Westerners in London as barbarians and many of the aids to life in our society give Kong Ho endless...

"I suppose I am old-fashioned"-there was a murmur of polite dissent from all the ladies present, except the one addressed-"Oh, I take it as a compliment nowadays, I assure you; but when I was a girl a young lady would have no more thought...

Exclusive audio collection. Eleven Max Carrados stories - narrated by national treasure Stephen Fry. Max Carrados featured in a series of mystery stories that first appeared in 1914. Carrados featured alongside Sherlock Holmes in The Strand magazine, in which they both had top billing....

The sun had dipped behind the western mountains before Kai Lung, with twenty li or more still between him and the city of Knei Yang, entered the camphor-laurel forest which stretched almost to his destination. No person of consequence ever made the journey unattended;...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1900.Author: Ernest BramahISBN-10: 3368403362ISBN-13: 9783368403362Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2022Pages: 348Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.78d

The sun had dipped behind the western mountains before Kai Lung, with twenty li or more still between him and the city of Knei Yang, entered the camphor-laurel forest which stretched almost to his destination. No person of consequence ever made the journey unattended;...

Ernest Bramah was an English author who wrote popular books in many different genres including humor, detective fiction and science fiction.Author: Ernest BramahISBN-10: 1515328511ISBN-13: 9781515328513Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2015Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.43d

"The Wallet of Kai Lung" is a collection of enchanting and exotic tales written by British author Ernest Bramah. Set in ancient China, this book follows the adventures of Kai Lung, a clever and witty storyteller, as he travels through the mythical land of...

Step into the world of Kai Lung, a master storyteller and quick-witted companion embroiled in the affairs of Three Excellencies who rule over the province of Ping-Kuei. Join him in his adventures as he outwits the powerful, helps the deserving, and uses his cunning...

Author: Ernest BramahISBN-10: 1587152088ISBN-13: 9781587152085Publisher: Borgo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2001Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.52d

"The Wallet of Kai Lung was a thing made deliberately, in hard material and completely successful. It was meant to produce a particular effect of humour by the use of a foreign convention, the Chinese convention, in the English tongue. It was meant to...

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of considerable repute in his day. In total Bramah published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W. W. Jacobs; his detective stories with Conan Doyle;...

A collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah, all but the last of which feature Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. These include The Transmutation of Ling, a novella; and eight short stories. The Wallet of Kai Lung is a collection of...

Author: Ernest BramahISBN-10: 3368307517ISBN-13: 9783368307516Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2022Pages: 312Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

This satirical speculative novel of political resistance is better known in its abridged form as The Secret of the League (1909).Author: Ernest BramahISBN-10: 1999828003ISBN-13: 9781999828004Publisher: Handheld ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2017Pages: 333Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.30w x 1.10d