Robert Barr (1) (1849–1912)
Author of The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont
For other authors named Robert Barr, see the disambiguation page.
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Works by Robert Barr
The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs 4 copies
The Tempestuous Petticoat 2 copies
Vintage Mysteries - 70 Stories in One Volume (Thriller Classics Collection): The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower, The… (2017) 2 copies
The Fear of It [short story] 2 copies
Lord Stranleigh, Millonario 1 copy
"A Case of Fever" 1 copy
"Share and Share Alike" 1 copy
The Doom of London 1 copy
The Hour and the Man 1 copy
Grote schoonmaak 1 copy
Woman in a thousand 1 copy
Stranleigh's millions 1 copy
"The Purser's Story" 1 copy
"An International Row" 1 copy
"A Ladies' Man" 1 copy
"Miss McMillan" 1 copy
"Mrs. Tremain" 1 copy
"My Stowaway" 1 copy
Contos de detectives. Os rivais de Sherlock Holmes — Author — 1 copy
Associated Works
Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection: An Oxford Anthology (1991) — Contributor — 174 copies, 2 reviews
The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories (2011) — Contributor — 145 copies, 5 reviews
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Contributor — 112 copies, 1 review
Murder by the Book: Literary Mysteries from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1995) — Contributor — 68 copies
Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911 (1974) — Contributor, some editions — 53 copies
The End of the World: Classic Tales of Apocalyptic Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review
The End of the World: and Other Catastrophes (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century (1983) — Contributor — 15 copies, 1 review
Sleuths: Twenty-Three Great Detectives of Fiction and Their Best Stories (1931) — Contributor — 6 copies
About Time: The Forerunners of Time Travel and Temporal Anomalies in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Barr, Robert
- Other names
- Hoe, Cottrel
Sharp, Luke - Birthdate
- 1849-09-16
- Date of death
- 1912-10-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK (birth)
Canada - Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Place of death
- Woldingham, Surrey, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
London, England, UK - Occupations
- journalist
editor
writer
humorist - Relationships
- Jerome, Jerome K. (Business partner)
- Organizations
- The Idler
Members
Reviews
The setting is late medieval but not precisely historical, as the hero is "Roland, only son of the emperor" and as far as I know there was no such person. During a period when robber barons are making trade along the Rhine impossible, Roland, who has been incognito as a young sword maker, offers to lead 20 young craftsmen he has trained in swordsmanship in fighting their way down the Rhine from Frankfort to Cologne escorting a barge full of merchandise.
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- Works
- 65
- Also by
- 41
- Members
- 354
- Popularity
- #67,648
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 331
- Languages
- 3
Two men who are friends and business associates are on a ship from America/Canada to Britain. They have just come from a top-secret business investigation. An American newspaper is anxious to get the details, so they send their most charming and wily female reporter. She is the first woman who intervenes.
Meanwhile, the two men have in mind not only their original job, but a new business opportunity that has popped up that they are eager to take advantage of, but in which they get foiled over and over, until another woman intervenes.
Not bad, and even exciting in bits, but also not terribly memorable.… (more)