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The League of Extraordinary Gent... - Ernest William Hornung, Jules Ve...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Heroes and Villains Back Stories 17

Ernest William Hornung, Jules Verne, H. Rider Haggard, Kate Douglas Wiggin
Pulptastic , English
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Volume 17 of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Heroes and Villains Back Stories features the following characters and their stories…

1. A. J. Raffles from The Amateur Cracksman by Ernest William Hornung.
Gentleman thief and member of Murray’s second League. Raffles’ reason for joining the League was due to being blackmailed when his burglary career was uncovered. He later fought in World War One, and died during the Second Battle of Ypres.

2. Lady Ragnall from The Ivory Child by H. Rider Haggard.
A friend of Allan Quatermain who similarly faked her death; she dies of fright after Quartermain is possessed by Ithaqaa.

3. Becky Randall from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
One of Miss Coote’s students and Griffin’s victims.

4. Jean Robur from Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne.
A dangerous and megalomaniacal air pirate, and member of Les Hommes Mystérieux. Captain of the airship Albatross. He supposedly dies during World War One when his airship was shot down at the Battle of the Somme.

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