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Rediscover Gladys Mitchell one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.
The famous psychoanalyst and detective Dame Beatrice Bradley and her feisty secretary Laura travel to Scotland for a conference. But when a series of mishaps lead Laura to the island of Tannasgan she finds herself at the mercy of some menacing Scottish hospitality. Her strange adventure piques the interest of her employer and local legends surrounding a cruel Laird lead the pair into a peculiar mystery.
Opinionated unconventional unafraid... If you like Poirot and Miss Marple you'll love Mrs Bradley.
Rediscover Gladys Mitchell one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.
The famous psychoanalyst and detective Dame Beatrice Bradley and her feisty secretary Laura travel to Scotland for a conference. But when a series of mishaps lead Laura to the island of Tannasgan she finds herself at the mercy of some menacing Scottish hospitality. Her strange adventure piques the interest of her employer and local legends surrounding a cruel Laird lead the pair into a peculiar mystery.
Opinionated unconventional unafraid... If you like Poirot and Miss Marple you'll love Mrs Bradley.
Gladys Maude Winifred Mitchell ¿ or `The Great Gladys¿ as Philip Larkin called her ¿ was born in 1901, in Cowley in Oxfordshire. She graduated in history from University College London and in 1921 began her long career as a teacher. Her hobbies included architecture and writing poetry. She studied the works of Sigmund Freud and her interest in witchcraft was encouraged by her friend, the detective novelist Helen Simpson.
Her first novel, Speedy Death, was published in 1929 and introduced readers to Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, the detective heroine of a further sixty six crime novels. She wrote at least one novel a year throughout her career and was an early member of the Detection Club, alongside Agatha Christie, G.K Chesterton and Dorothy [...] 1961 she retired from teaching and, from her home in Dorset, continued to write, receiving the Crime Writers¿ Association Silver Dagger in 1976. Gladys Mitchell died in 1983.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780099584063 |
| ISBN-10: | 0099584069 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mitchell, Gladys |
| Hersteller: | Vintage |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 198 x 129 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gladys Mitchell |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 21.04.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,311 kg |
Gladys Maude Winifred Mitchell ¿ or `The Great Gladys¿ as Philip Larkin called her ¿ was born in 1901, in Cowley in Oxfordshire. She graduated in history from University College London and in 1921 began her long career as a teacher. Her hobbies included architecture and writing poetry. She studied the works of Sigmund Freud and her interest in witchcraft was encouraged by her friend, the detective novelist Helen Simpson.
Her first novel, Speedy Death, was published in 1929 and introduced readers to Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, the detective heroine of a further sixty six crime novels. She wrote at least one novel a year throughout her career and was an early member of the Detection Club, alongside Agatha Christie, G.K Chesterton and Dorothy [...] 1961 she retired from teaching and, from her home in Dorset, continued to write, receiving the Crime Writers¿ Association Silver Dagger in 1976. Gladys Mitchell died in 1983.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780099584063 |
| ISBN-10: | 0099584069 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mitchell, Gladys |
| Hersteller: | Vintage |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 198 x 129 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gladys Mitchell |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 21.04.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,311 kg |
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