The Eye of Osiris (Oxford paperbacks) - Softcover

Freeman, Richard Austin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192826727 ISBN 13: 9780192826725

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1989

Synopsis

Set in London in the early 1900s, this unusual detective story concerns the mysterious disappearance of John Bellingham, an Egyptologist and collector of Egyptian curios, and traces the attempts made by a young doctor to discover Bellingham's whereabouts.

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Review

'This man Austin Freeman is a wonderful performer' -- Raymond Chandler

About the Author

R. Austin Freeman is the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing, is best known for his character Dr John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. Much of his long life was spent as a physician and surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He also held posts in West Africa and later was a medical officer at Holloway Prison. The most famous of the Edwardian detective writers, he rescued the detective story from "thrillerdom" and made it acceptable to a more discerning class of reader.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192826727
• ISBN 13: 9780192826725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 261