The Works of R Austin Freeman - An Overview

[inamac]

Back in 1973 there was a TV series called The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes which dramatised a number of works of detective fiction published in the late 19th and early 20th century. They included Baroness Orczy's female detective Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, and Ernest Bramah's blind detective Max Carrados (pre-dating the US TV creation of Longstreet

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[timill]

Like here... http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/529 (6 books: 2 Max Carrados, 3 Kai Lung, one other)

[darklotus1211]

Thanks for that link, I'll be gobbling them up!

[inamac]

Good old Gutenberg! I did eventually borrow a friends copy of the Carrados collections - but can now have them on my e-reader (which seems to be full of early 20C detective fiction - much like my bookshelves.)

[darklotus1211]

The Blue Mountains Radio Players are doing a live performance of an Arthur Conan Doyle story at our local arthouse cinema this Saturday.

'A Bi-Centennial Crossing Event: Recording live on stage. Relive the days of The Wireless. Includes two plays and afternoon tea: first, LOST SPECIAL by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; second, 1813 AND ALL THAT by Colin Semler, written especially for the bi-centennary of the crossing of the Blue Mountains.'

I'm planing on going - it should be a good performance. They are very good, and I get a nosh after!

[inamac]

That sounds like fun - looking forward to your report.

[aunty_marion]

I forget who pointed me at the Lady Molly stories, it may even have been your good self, but I have them open in a tab in another browser on this laptop, and occasionally dive in and devour a page or two.

Madam Vastra and Jenny had better look to their antecedents...

[inamac]

I knew I'd come across Madam Vastra and Jenny before! (It probably was me - I used to have them bookmarked on my office machine.)