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An Eye For A Tooth
''An Eye for a Tooth'' is a 1943 adventure novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), the sixth in his 'List of works by Dornford Yates, Chandos' thriller series. The events of the story immediately follow those of ''Blind Corner (novel), Blind Corner''. Plot On the way home in the car with the treasure from ''Blind Corner (novel), Blind Corner'', Mansel nearly runs over the corpse of a murdered man. He discovers the murderers, and seeks vengeance. Background The novel's denouement may have been suggested by Christopher Marlowe's play ''The Jew of Malta'' in which most of the characters die after being deposited by a pivoting floor into a vat of boiling oil. AJ Smithers, the author's biographer, commented, "Mercer dispensed with the oil, but the principle was the same." Critical reception The novel was well received, sold well, and had to be reprinted six times within a year of publication. References Bibliography * 1943 British nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornford Yates
Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), known by his pen name Dornford Yates, was an English writer and novelist whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the ''Berry'' books), some Thriller (genre), thrillers (the ''Chandos'' books), were best-sellers during the Interwar period, Interwar Period. The pen name ''Dornford Yates'', first in print in 1910, resulted from combining the maiden names of his grandmothers – the paternal Eliza Mary Dornford, and the maternal Harriet Yates. Early life William (Bill) Mercer was born in Walmer, Kent, the son of Cecil John Mercer (1850–1921) and Helen Wall (1858–1918). His father was a solicitor whose sister, Mary Frances, married Charles Augustus Munro; their son was Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (the writer Saki); Bill Mercer is said to have idolised his elder cousin. Mercer attended St Clare preparatory school in Walmer from 1894 to 1899. The family moved from Kent to London when he joined Harrow School as a day pupil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Lock & Co
Ward, Lock & Co. was a publishing house in the United Kingdom that started as a partnership and developed until it was eventually absorbed into the publishing combine of Orion Publishing Group. History Ebenezer Ward and George Lock started a publishing concern in 1854 which became known as "Ward and Lock". Based originally in Fleet Street, London it outgrew its offices and in 1878 moved completely to Salisbury Square, London. The firm's first office was at 158 Fleet Street. Fleet Street had an inviting architecture and atmosphere. It was full of businesses and people, coffee houses, taverns, and soup kitchens. It appealed to “publishers, printers, authors and tradesmen who occupied its houses and frequented its taverns.” And it was always bustling with “innumerable trades, tradesmen and customers, coaches, wagons playhouses”. Before founding Ward and Lock, Ward had worked as the manager of the book department at Herbert Ingram and Company. In 1855, Herbert Ingram and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Fell Among Thieves
''She Fell Among Thieves'' is a 1935 adventure novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), the fifth in his ' Chandos' thriller series. It was serialised in ''Woman's Journal'' (December 1934 to April 1935, illustrated by Forster). The title comes from a phrase in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Plot The story is set in the Pyrenees. Chandos, recently widowed, and Mansel have to rescue a drugged young woman who has been held captive at Château Jezreel by the villainous elderly matriarch Vanity Fair. Background ''She Fell Among Thieves'' was written shortly after Mercer's second marriage, to Elizabeth, and was dedicated "To Jill" – the name he always used for her. Critical reception The novel was not quite as well received as the earlier 'Chandos' books had been. Although it was accepted for UK serialisation in the ''Woman's Journal'', appearing in five parts between December 1934 and April 1935, the US '' Saturday Evening Post'' declined it, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red In The Morning
''Red in the Morning'' is a 1946 adventure novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), the seventh in his ' Chandos' thriller series. The events of the story immediately follow those of his 1939 novel ''Gale Warning'' in which Richard Chandos and Jonathan Mansel appear as characters. The book was published in the US under the title ''Were Death Denied''. Plot The novel is largely set in the countryside around Pau, in South-West France, although Dieppe, Chartres and Vendôme also feature. Chandos and Mansel interfere with a gang robbery at Biarritz, and are hunted down with murderous intent by the gang's leader, Daniel Gedge ("Auntie Emma", previously bested by Mansel in '' Adèle and Co.''). Characters familiar from earlier books include Jenny Chandos, John and Audrey Bagot, Carson, Bell, Rowley, Toby Rage, and the minor villain Punter. Other villains include the fallen scholar Brevet, counterfeiter Baron Horace de Parol (owner of the Château of Arx) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Works By Dornford Yates
Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), whose novels and short stories, some humorous tales (the 'Berry' books) and some serious thrillers (the 'Chandos' books), were best-sellers in the period between the First and Second World Wars. This categorization of Yates's books is based on the list that appears in his last published work, ''B-Berry and I Look Back''. All are full-length novels except where noted. Almost all of the tales in the short story collections were also published separately, often in slightly different form and with different titles in ''The Windsor Magazine'': see the corresponding book article for details. __TOC__ 'Berry' books The 'Berry' books are comic novels and short stories narrated in the first person by Boy Pleydell. They feature the family group of Berry Pleydell (Boy's cousin), Daphne Pleydell (Boy's sister and Berry's wife), Jonathan 'Jonah' Mansel (Boy's cousin) and Jill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Corner (novel)
''Blind Corner'' is a 1927 novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer). The book was the first in his '' Chandos'' thriller series and is narrated in the first person by Richard Chandos. In addition to Chandos and his servant Bell, the novel features a cast of characters who recur in many of the later books: George Hanbury and Jonathan Mansel; their respective servants Rowley and Carson; and Tester the Sealyham terrier. Mansel's character also appears as Jonah Mansel in the author's 'Berry' series of comic books and short stories, though he is not written for comic effect in this nor the later ''Chandos'' books. Plot Richard Chandos, the story's narrator, witnesses a murder and acquires the victim's Alsatian dog. On the dog's collar his friend Jonathan Mansel finds an inscription telling of treasure hidden within a well in the Austrian castle of Wagensburg. Chandos, Mansel, and their friend George Hanbury set out to recover it, accompanied by their se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play ''Tamburlaine,'' modern scholars consider him to have been the foremost dramatist in London in the years just before his mysterious early death. Some scholars also believe that he greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was baptised in the same year as Marlowe and later succeeded him as the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright. Marlowe was the first to achieve critical reputation for his use of blank verse, which became the standard for the era. His plays are distinguished by their overreaching protagonists. Themes found within Marlowe's literary works have been noted as humanistic with realistic emotions, which some scholars find difficult to reconcile with Marlowe's "anti-intellectualism" and his caterin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jew Of Malta
''The Jew of Malta'' (full title: ''The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta'') is a play by Christopher Marlowe, written in 1589 or 1590. The plot primarily revolves around a Maltese Jewish merchant named Barabas. The original story combines religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean that takes place on the island of Malta. There has been extensive debate about the play's portrayal of Jews and how Elizabethan audiences would have viewed it. Characters * Machiavel, speaker of the Prologue * Barabas, a rich Jewish merchant of Malta * Abigail, his daughter * Ithamore, his slave * Ferneze, Governor of Malta * Don Lodowick, his son * Don Mathias, Lodowick's friend * Katharine, Mathias' mother * Friar Jacomo * Friar Bernardine * Abbess * Selim Calymath, son of the Emperor of Turkey * Callapine, a * Martin del Bosco, Vice Admiral of Spain * Bellamira, a courtes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Eye For A Tooth Dustjacket US
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Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint (trade name), imprint of Hachette (publisher), Hachette. History Early history The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs Jackson and Walford, the official publisher for the Congregational church, Congregational Union. In 1861 the firm became Jackson, Walford and Hodder; but in 1868 Jackson and Walford retired, and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton joined the firm, creating Hodder & Stoughton. Hodder & Stoughton published both religious and secular works, and its religious list contained some progressive titles. These included George Adam Smith, George Adam Smith's ''Isaiah'' for its ''Expositor’s Bible'' series, which was one of the earliest texts to identify multiple authorship in the Book of Isaiah. There was also a sympathetic ''Life of Francis of Assisi, St Francis'' by Paul Sabatier (theologian), Paul Sabatier, a French Protestant pastor. Matthew Hodder ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
