Ngaio Marsh: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

by Bruce Harding, Elizabeth Foxwell (Editor)

Overview

 Considered one of the "Queens of Crime"—along with such greats as Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham—Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) was a gifted writer and a celebrated author of classic British detective fiction, as well as a successful theater director. Best known for the 32 detective novels she published between 1934 and 1982, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1966. Based on years of original research by the curator of the Ngaio Marsh House in Christchurch, New Zealand, this book explores the fascinating literary world of Dame Ngaio.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786460328
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/26/2019
Series:	McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction , #9
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.43(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bruce Harding is the curator of the Ngaio Marsh House in New Zealand and a senior fellow in the English department at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletexi
Preface
Organization of the Companion
Marsh’s Works in Chronological Order
Marsh’s Works in Alphabetical Order
A Brief Biography
A Career Chronology
The Companion
Interviews with Dame Ngaio Marsh
Annotated Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviews of the Series: “The McFarland Companion series...has been consistently excellent, both in its choice of subjects and its quality of scholarship and writing”—Mystery Scene.

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