Christianna Brand (1907–1988)
Teoksen Nanny McPhee: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda tekijä
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Christianna Brand (born Mary Christianna Milne) also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Ann Ashe, Annabel Jones, Mary Roland, and China Thomson.
Image credit: Cut down scan from the back cover of Penguin No.779 (unattributed image)
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Tekijän teokset
The Wicked Ghost [short fiction] 1 kappale
The Kite 1 kappale
The Sins of the Fathers [short fiction] 1 kappale
Murder Game 1 kappale
Den fantastiska Matilda 1 kappale
Clever and Quick 1 kappale
The Scapegoat 1 kappale
The Man on the Roof 1 kappale
Danger Unlimited 1 kappale
Associated Works
The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior (1995) — Avustaja — 90 kappaletta
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden… (2019) — Avustaja — 61 kappaletta
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2022) — Avustaja — 39 kappaletta
Welsh Mysteries: Stories of Cambrian Crime: 114 (British Library Crime Classics) (2023) — Avustaja — 17 kappaletta
Ellery Queen's headliners; 20 stories from Ellery Queen's mystery magazine. (1971) — Avustaja — 14 kappaletta
Appendici in giallo 1 (racconti) — Avustaja — 1 kappale
Murder Mixture: An Anthology of Crime Stories — Avustaja — 1 kappale
Choice of Weapons — Avustaja — 1 kappale
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Lewis, Mary Christianna Milne
- Muut nimet
- Brant, Mary
Brant, Christianna
Roland, Mary
Thomson, China
Jones, Annabel
Ashe, Mary Ann - Syntymäaika
- 1907-12-17
- Kuolinaika
- 1988-03-11
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Malaya
- Asuinpaikat
- Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia ∙ birth)
India
London, England, UK - Ammatit
- crime writer
children's book author
governess
shop assistant
model
dancer - Organisaatiot
- Crime Writers' Association ( [1972])
Detection Club - Agentti
- Sarah Molloy (A.M. Heath & Company Ltd)
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Christianna Brand, who published her first novel in 1941, was one of the great practitioners of the classic English detective novel. She was born to British parents in Malaysia, spent her childhood in India, and then was sent to England for education. Her third book, Green for Danger (1944), was adapted into a classic film starring Alistair Sim as her Inspector Cockrill. Two of her short stories won Edgar Award nominations and have been included in several anthologies. She and her husband Roland Lewis, an ear-nose-and-throat surgeon, were married for nearly 50 years. She also wrote books for children, including the Nurse Matilda series, which was adapted for the screen as Nanny McPhee (2005).
- Erotteluhuomautus
- Christianna Brand (born Mary Christianna Milne) also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Ann Ashe, Annabel Jones, Mary Roland, and China Thomson.
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3.5*
Not bad but nowhere nearly as good as Green for Danger. Cockrill doesn't seem to do much detecting; the book focuses on the family and their reactions to events. David Thorn did a good narration in this audiobook edition.
Not bad but nowhere nearly as good as Green for Danger. Cockrill doesn't seem to do much detecting; the book focuses on the family and their reactions to events. David Thorn did a good narration in this audiobook edition.
An excellent addition to this series.
The first novel by the author I have read, though I have read a very good short story, the merit of which could have been based on one great idea, so it was important to see if it could be continued. Based on this novel, yes it can.
A mid 1940s 'cottage mystery', in which a defined limited number of suspects are established early on, other than in this case, the number is 7 members of what I would call a English MASH unit in England with a significant number of other people milling around.
Given my adverse comments on other cover pictures of the BLCC I have reviewed, I would like to say this one is excellent!
Brand is clever in playing person against each other even though they are are in fact all good friends.
The depiction of the English people under the WW2 bombing is realistic, compared to my other reading, but not as to those who have not explored there.
In the end it is a tragic event that leads to all of this.
Very much a Fair Clue book.
Very much recommended if interested in:
- Christiana Brand
- 1940's crime
- golden age crime
Big Ship
12 April 2023… (lisätietoja)
The first novel by the author I have read, though I have read a very good short story, the merit of which could have been based on one great idea, so it was important to see if it could be continued. Based on this novel, yes it can.
A mid 1940s 'cottage mystery', in which a defined limited number of suspects are established early on, other than in this case, the number is 7 members of what I would call a English MASH unit in England with a significant number of other people milling around.
Given my adverse comments on other cover pictures of the BLCC I have reviewed, I would like to say this one is excellent!
Brand is clever in playing person against each other even though they are are in fact all good friends.
The depiction of the English people under the WW2 bombing is realistic, compared to my other reading, but not as to those who have not explored there.
In the end it is a tragic event that leads to all of this.
Very much a Fair Clue book.
Very much recommended if interested in:
- Christiana Brand
- 1940's crime
- golden age crime
Big Ship
12 April 2023… (lisätietoja)
Atmospheric and beautifully drawn, by an author I highly respect. But this one's ending left me cold. Solution is a cop-out, and I was waiting for a final twist..
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Nurse Matilda invites comparisons with Mary Poppins because of the magic, but the theme of letting-the-children-do-their-own-thing until they hate it is more similar to Mrs Piggle-Wiggle (series published 1947-1957).
Like Mrs Piggle-Wiggle, the Nurse Matilda books tend to be a bit repetitive in their formula. This didn't bother me at all as a 7 year old reading about Mrs. P-W and I'm sure would not have bothered me had I read Nurse M when I was 8, but it is a bit much for an adult. The hallucinatory dream sequences with which the books end were also a bit much for me as an adult and I'm not at all sure how they would strike a child. Each of the first two books ends with a chapter recounting one of these fever dreams. Two chapters of it at the end of the third book is truly excessive.
Because of the repetitive story line (children are naughty; Matilda is summoned; stick is thumped; children must continue naughtiness until they repent, Matilda leaves), it's probably a mistake to buy the entire series in one volume ("Nanny McPhee") if you are like me and don't have the discipline not to read it all at one sitting. Good children's book for children nonetheless. For families or schools, reading aloud at the rate of a chapter a day would be enjoyable (but not the third book, because the last TWO chapters!).
I found an interesting review that I would like to link for my own reference: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/nurse-matilda/… (lisätietoja)