| "The Ides of March" | |||
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| Short story by E. W. Hornung | |||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Ides_of_March_01.jpg) 1898 Collier's illustration by E. V. Nadherny | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Crime fiction | ||
| Publication | |||
| Publisher | Cassell & Co | ||
| Media type | Print (Magazine) | ||
| Publication date | June 1898 | ||
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| Series | A. J. Raffles | ||
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"The Ides of March" (also published as "In the Chains of Crime") is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and the first appearance of the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in June 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.[1] The story was also included in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.[2]