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C. E. Vulliamy (1886–1971)

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Werken van C. E. Vulliamy

Scarweather (1934) 94 exemplaren
Family Matters (1933) 80 exemplaren
John Wesley (Heroes of the Faith) (1931) 74 exemplaren
Don Among the Dead Men (1952) 28 exemplaren
English Letter Writers (1945) 24 exemplaren
James Boswell, (1971) 4 exemplaren
The Vicar's Experiments (1932) 4 exemplaren
Unknown Cornwall 3 exemplaren
Lobelia Grove (1932) 3 exemplaren
The anatomy of Satire 2 exemplaren
Voltaire (1970) 2 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Vulliamy, C. E.
Officiële naam
Vulliamy, Colwyn Edward
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Rolls, Anthony
Geboortedatum
1886-06-20
Overlijdensdatum
1971-09-04
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Wales
UK
Geboorteplaats
Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales
Plaats van overlijden
Guildford, Surrey, England
Opleiding
privately educated
Beroepen
scholar
biographer
Relaties
Vulliamy, John (son)
Hughes, Shirley (daughter-in-law)
Vulliamy, Clara (granddaughter)
Vulliamy, Ed (grandson)
Organisaties
Royal Anthropological Society
British Army (WWI)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Korte biografie
Colwyn Edward Vulliamy (1886-1971) was a Welsh biographer and historian. He was educated privately and studied art under Stanhope Forbes. He entered the Army in WW1 and served in France, Macedonia and Turkey. After the war he wrote mainly biographies and humour, but also produced several inverted mystery novels. He married Eileen Hynes in 1916 and had two children. She died in 1943. His best-known book is The Vicar's Experiments (1932), written under the pseudonym Anthony Rolls.

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Note: I accessed digital review copies of this book through Edelweiss and NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | 2 andere besprekingen | Sep 15, 2022 |
Note: I accessed digital review copies of this book through NetGalley and Edelweiss; I received an ARC from the publisher at ALA Midwinter 2017.
 
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fernandie | 5 andere besprekingen | Sep 15, 2022 |
Admittedly, some books in the series ( British Library Crime Classic) are a bit outdated. But this one really works, well developed characters, a nice setting and a bit of an atmosphere. Even after all those years ,it remains a good read.
 
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Obi2015 | 5 andere besprekingen | Jul 19, 2020 |
Warning: this review contains spoilers.

What’s the matter with the Kewdingham household? Robert and Bertha are a mismatched couple, it seems: Robert is self-important and pathetic, with a plethora of hobbies that clutter up the house and his mind. He is also secure in the knowledge that his family will always protect one of their own. Bertha does not have the patience any more to deal with him, and she is almost universally disliked by her in-laws for her sharp tongue, but she has never had much of a fair shake from them anyway, because of her being half French in their very English family. Tensions run high, then eventually to murder.

I had initially been reluctant to read this book, because my best friend (who shares an affection for these British Library Crime Classics) had read it and didn’t like the ending. But when I found it in the ebook collection of our local library, I decided to give it a go. I ended up liking it a fair bit. The duelling poisons I found amusing in a macabre kind of way, and while the ending was a bit messy, I think it worked. Perhaps my friend just likes neater endings.

The writing is a bit more riddled with stereotypical comments about women than I would like (even allowing for the fact that this book was originally published in 1933), but the actual story is good, particularly if you like your mysteries to involve chemistry or poisons. So perhaps if you liked that angle of Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles or The Pale Horse, or even the Flavia de Luce books, you might like this one.
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