Raffles is a 1977 television series adapted from the A. J. Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. The stories were adapted by Philip Mackie.
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Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.
E. W. Hornung
View of the Old School of Uppingham School, Rutland, where Hornung developed his love of cricket
The first Raffles story was in the June 1898 issue of Cassell's Magazine.
A. J. Raffles, introduced in 1898