The Leavenworth Case
$35.61
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2010
Summary
The classic genre-defining whodunit, by the mother of the detective novel
Introducing the first American series detective, Ebenezer Gryce, The Leavenworth Case was published nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes, and made author Anna Katharine Green an enormously popular and influential writer who changed the mystery genre forever. Showcasing Green’s verve and style, The Leavenworth Case opens with the shocking murder of Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy New Yo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106128 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143106120 |
| Author: | Anna Katharine Green, Michael Sims |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Audience Age: | 17-17 |
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About The Author
Anna Katharine Green
Michael Sims is the author most recently of In the Womb- Animals (adapted from two National Geographic Channel documentaries). He is also the author of Apollo’s Fire- A Journey through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day, which NPR chose as one of the best science books of 2007; Adam’s Navel- A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, which was a New York Times Notable Book and a Library Journal Best Science Book; and Darwin’s Orchestra- An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts.
For Penguin Classics, he also edited The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel and Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Thief, and he is currently editing The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime. He has written for many periodicals, from the Washington Post to New Statesman.
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