Project Gutenberg 2024-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 139 Blankensee, Theo von 1881 1928 Blank, Matthias Bakensee, Theo Blakensee, Theo von Blakensee, Theo Matull, Kurt 1872 1920 Wangemann, Eduard Carl Otto Lord Lister No. 0027: Letter R. 100 $aAmsterdam :$bRoman- Boek- en Kunsthandel, $c1910, pubdate 1923. Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "Lord Lister No. 0027: Letter R. 100" by Theo von Blankensee and Kurt Matull is a fictional narrative that seems to have been written in the early 20th century. The book revolves around the cunning and audacious master thief named John Raffles, who devises clever schemes to outsmart the authorities and acquire large sums of money, often leaving chaos in his wake. The narrative suggests a theme of cat-and-mouse between Raffles and law enforcement, primarily focusing on his latest audacious plan to extract a significant amount of cash from the Bank of England. The opening of the story introduces John Ruster, the director of the Bank of England, who is confronted with a threatening demand from Raffles, requesting £10,000 in cash delivered under specific conditions. The bank's security team, skeptical yet intrigued by Raffles's reputation, debates how to handle the situation, led by Ruster and his secretary, Mr. Griffin. Raffles's audacity in issuing the threat is emphasized as the officials debate the nature of his criminal exploits. The stage is set for a thrilling encounter between Raffles and the detectives who are determined to prevent another successful heist, showcasing the protagonist's cleverness and the authorities' attempts to play catch-up. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20190518130358matull 1910 NL nl Detective and mystery stories -- Periodicals Dime novels -- Periodicals PT Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 202408 2025-04-29T05:12:07.801512 text/html 173155 2024-03-09T18:04:00 text/html 222428 2025-04-29T05:12:17.182473 application/epub+zip 233272 2025-04-29T05:12:11.508504 application/epub+zip 132831 2025-04-29T05:12:09.653496 application/epub+zip 370806 2025-04-29T05:12:20.478473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345690 2025-04-29T05:12:15.439508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134663 2025-04-29T05:12:06.600502 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114759 2024-03-09T18:04:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16550 2025-04-29T05:12:20.651435 application/rdf+xml 25346 2025-04-29T05:12:09.789517 image/jpeg 4000 2025-04-29T05:12:09.722501 image/jpeg 210519 2025-04-29T05:12:07.826527 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia