{"product_id":"the-original-bulldog-drummond-1-bulldog-drummond-the-black-gang-lonely-inn-9780857060266","title":"The Original Bulldog Drummond: 1-Bulldog Drummond, the Black Gang \u0026 Lonely Inn","description":"Sapper's original Bulldog Drummond-5 volumes, 10 novels and 5 great short stories \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are the original adventures of Sapper's Bulldog Drummond collected together in a special Leonaur five volume collection-each special book containing two full length Bulldog Drummond novels plus one short story featuring the eponymous hero. Their author, Sapper-H. C. McNeile-was a British Army officer in the Royal Engineers during the Great War and took the popular name of his corps as his unforgettable nom-de-plume. His main character, the hard fighting, hard playing but clean living English gentleman, Hugh Drummond, is a wealthy and decorated ex-officer for whom life after the First World War is proving mightily dull. To remedy this intolerable state of affairs he and his trusted band of henchmen, 'The Black Gang, ' embark on a career of detection and high adventure (occasionally crossing the line of the law) satisfyingly filled with villainous 'foreign' foes, deadly 'bad-but-beautiful' women and, of course, a bevy of beautiful 'good' women to be rescued from death and fates worse than! Drummond is a man's-man of the likes of Richard Hannay and Doc Savage, a hero that could be set against the likes of a Fu Manchu and a proto James Bond who is guaranteed to throw himself into colourful 'between the wars' two fisted action at every opportunity-to the delight of readers who enjoy adventure from a more innocent age. In the first volume, is the first novel named for the hero, Bulldog Drummond and its sequel The Black Gang. Accompanying these two novels readers will discover a bonus Bulldog Drummond short story Lonely Inn.'\u003cbr\u003e Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket-a credit to every collection and bookshelf.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leonaur Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661042614546,"sku":"9780857060266","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85ad8b13-f256-497c-ad36-54777385825c.jpg?v=1760434745","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-original-bulldog-drummond-1-bulldog-drummond-the-black-gang-lonely-inn-9780857060266","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}