tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post7884969117152992280..comments2024-03-28T18:16:09.693+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Sad Cypress by Agatha ChristieClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-29828187412135787632020-10-01T14:21:59.237+01:002020-10-01T14:21:59.237+01:00Ha! I will have to re-read it now and see what I t...Ha! I will have to re-read it now and see what I think of those red herrings....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16089511956589030742020-09-30T19:36:50.957+01:002020-09-30T19:36:50.957+01:00Excellent, but still the solution of the German m...Excellent, but still the solution of the German matchbox, the person who stood watching behind the shrubs, the puzzle of Peter Lords car number as mentioned by Horlick - all these still remain a mystery to meSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680702675536690018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-23830595818121758272019-05-27T20:51:14.985+01:002019-05-27T20:51:14.985+01:00Thanks for this Birgitta - what a great perception...Thanks for this Birgitta - what a great perception, I had never thought of that despite knowing both those books very well. It is one of my favourite Christies. (Although I do have about a dozen favourites, and am forever changing the order of them)Clothes in Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00058207970686573597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54614688038923446922019-05-22T11:00:32.823+01:002019-05-22T11:00:32.823+01:00I just re-read "Sad Cypress" and realise...I just re-read "Sad Cypress" and realised that it is in some ways quite similar to "Strong Poison" by D.L. Sayers, above all the fact that it starts off with a young woman of strong moral integrity who is (wrongly) accused of murder, that the case looks foolproof, it doesn't seem possible that anybody else could have done it, but there is a young man in love with the young woman who is desperate to prove her innocence. (There is another similarity too, but that's a bit of a plotspoiler, so I will not go into it.)Now, here's the thing: Whereas in "Strong Poison", published in 1930, the man in love is (obviously)Lord Peter, in Christie's novel he is called… wait for it... drums... PETER LORD! It just has to be a conscious little wink from one author to another, and maybe this is well known by everybody who is into Golden Age detective novels, but I had to share it with somebody.<br /><br />Oh, and it does actually say in the novel that it all happens in 1939. It's important for the plot, because one character is 21 and it's 1939 now, so she is upset when she realises that her parents only married in 1919, when she was a year old - after the fact as it were. <br /><br />Birgittanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40884881820099136762013-03-20T21:29:21.766+00:002013-03-20T21:29:21.766+00:00I believe Sad Cypress is published in 1940. I agre...I believe Sad Cypress is published in 1940. I agree to all that Elinor Carlisle is a very good character and the plot is superb. Murni's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00830512359890653329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-51084209006296933742013-03-16T23:03:25.603+00:002013-03-16T23:03:25.603+00:00Thanks all - yes it is a lovely dress, no-one coul...Thanks all - yes it is a lovely dress, no-one could object to it! And I think you can still get fishpaste for sandwiches - but who would dare?<br /><br />Tracy, I think it is one of her very good ones, I recommend it.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28652083931588400052013-03-16T20:07:01.118+00:002013-03-16T20:07:01.118+00:00I agree, this is an excellent post. I haven't ...I agree, this is an excellent post. I haven't read this book yet, but I am reading an Agatha Christie a month and looking for suggestions. This one sounds very good. And I did not know anything about utility clothes during World War II. I knew there was a shortage of materials, of course. This dress looks very nice to me.TracyKhttp://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63488381656543558142013-03-15T16:57:20.673+00:002013-03-15T16:57:20.673+00:00Fishpaste sandwiches? We were still eating those i...Fishpaste sandwiches? We were still eating those in our family in the 1970s. I think there were other books where dodgy paste sandwiches have caused illness and death.Sarahhttp://crimepieces.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-17316324796721379522013-03-15T14:28:18.012+00:002013-03-15T14:28:18.012+00:00Moira - An excellent post on this novel! I've ...Moira - An excellent post on this novel! I've always liked the character of Elinor Carlisle, and I think Christie does an excellent job of depicting what it's really like to be charged with murder. She also does a good job of suggesting just enough doubt that we wonder whether, after all, Elinor is guilty... And thanks for that interesting background on the date of publication. The year of 1933 never did made sense to me given the style and as you say, some of the topics. Oh, and I do love your choice of 'photo. That's exactly the way I picture that dress. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com