The Ballad of Ensign Joy (Esprios Classics)

Ernest William Hornung (1866 - 1921) 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. Aside from his Raffles stories Hornung was a prodigious writer of fiction publishing numerous books from 1890 with A Bride from the Bush to his 1914 novel The Crime Doctor.