![‘Blockbuster!’: The strange tale of the best-selling crime novel of the 19th century](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sG9yimurt_HUoSLeYDSE5ztVNhznzNtmHgAOoNJwPgOrJQ2bUck5HOdqWtdSk7yJNX0O5VPnz7Kv4MSdoD4MtdIGYkwNfJDLhLO1J79TWO-qNL-9MuuLnNa-ypqdhva_-no_Pbt1BHGkY1fBDyzWJQsNzrNP4ugb_yL4McIntGT6Rn5tCeH-6orLvCeyh0vrk=s0-d)
Publishing history is full of strange tales, and that recounted by Lucy Sussex in “Blockbuster! Fergus Hume & the Mystery of a Hansom Cab” is certainly among the strangest and most poignant. In late 1880s Australia a would-be dramatist decided that he might gain more attention from theater impresarios if he were a published author. So Fergus Hume sat down to produce what ultimately became the best-selling crime novel of the 19th century.
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