The Cripple in Black is a 1930 Australian novel by E. V. Timms set in seventeenth century Italy and England.

[1][2] Kindly Genoese merchant Balsamo becomes the vengeful "cripple in black" when a girl under his protection is abducted by an arrogant English aristocrat.

The Sydney Morning Herald said that "Here and there one might wish for a little more skilful handling, but any shortcomings are amply compensated for by the work at the end.

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