tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post9222220998698541963..comments2024-03-28T09:18:52.374+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Book of 1944: The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia WentworthClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-72818859021817199302016-07-05T13:21:47.779+01:002016-07-05T13:21:47.779+01:00Full marks for making me laugh.Full marks for making me laugh.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-8950009096922312522016-07-05T13:21:32.259+01:002016-07-05T13:21:32.259+01:00Sounds like a deal Prashant - you should try her. ...Sounds like a deal Prashant - you should try her. She is very entertaining in her own way. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-72678847527392238962016-07-05T08:59:43.220+01:002016-07-05T08:59:43.220+01:00If the clock ever strikes 13, I'll read it.If the clock ever strikes 13, I'll read it.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65910321838229289642016-07-04T13:02:36.909+01:002016-07-04T13:02:36.909+01:00Moira, a publisher sent me a list of Patricia Went...Moira, a publisher sent me a list of Patricia Wentworth's new ebooks that included two entire ebooks with an offer for more. Imagine that! I haven't decided yet but I hope to read a couple of them this year.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-79405483153951800212016-07-04T11:43:57.656+01:002016-07-04T11:43:57.656+01:00Yes, I read another Wentworth immediately after th...Yes, I read another Wentworth immediately after this, too soon perhaps, with another set of people ALL being in the wrong place for different reasons, and it does get tiresome.<br />Yes it must be difficult to know what to write in those times - I read something by Evelyn Waugh's brother Alec, middlebrow novelist in his own right, explaining exactly the problems he found. I'm sure anyone in an air raid shelter wanted their mind taken off it. Georgette Heyer never sounds like a sympathetic person in real life, but there is a story that she only ever kept one fan letter: and that was for a woman who had been imprisoned unjustly under some terrible regime. She told Heyer that she had kept up the spirits of her fellow prisoners by telling them over and over the story of one of Heyer's romances, remembering all the details she could.<br />There is a similar story about the Chalet School stories. <br />Tremendously affecting. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63637085446622638762016-07-04T11:38:32.704+01:002016-07-04T11:38:32.704+01:00You should be my researcher Bill! Love the dress, ...You should be my researcher Bill! Love the dress, and the brooch even more - have added the picture above.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-20656445187013764072016-07-04T11:31:30.784+01:002016-07-04T11:31:30.784+01:00I am enjoying reading PW - I used to rather dismis...I am enjoying reading PW - I used to rather dismiss her as inferior to Christie - but she offers something different. I think you probably would enjoy the WW2 setting. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71401813459632483772016-07-04T01:20:36.197+01:002016-07-04T01:20:36.197+01:00I remember John Dickson Carr writing in some artic...I remember John Dickson Carr writing in some article that I read years ago, about how in a 'certain type of mystery novel' the suspects felt honour bound to wander in and out of the crime scene shedding train tickets and monogrammed handkerchiefs and specific types of cigarette. This does sound a little like that, along with my favourite daft detective story character--the person who lets it know that they have compromising evidence about somebody, and then retires to their study in order to make themselves easier to kill.<br /><br />The Wartime setting is interesting. During the conflict some of the detective story writers never seemed entirely certain what to do about it. Allinghm didn't write any Campion novels between 1941 and 1945, the former being set during the phoney war, and the latter in the twilight days of the conflict. Christie tried to get Tommy & Tuppence fighting fifth columnists, but something like THE MOVING FINGER sketches in the war so lightly that when they did the Joan Hickson TV version they could just change the period without any damage to the story. Carr did work the War into some of his books, but I think that a lot of people didn't mind reading something that didn't constantly remind them that there was a war on. I once read something written by a nurse who served in London during the Blitz. Every day she would have to deal with the awful consequences of the Blitz, but once she went off duty she started reading one of a huge pile of Christie books. For all the murder and mayhem, the overall effect of the books was tremendously soothing, and they helped to keep her on an even keel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39158037927915961892016-07-03T06:04:37.824+01:002016-07-03T06:04:37.824+01:00Moira: Took a look around for the ensemble.
Best...Moira: Took a look around for the ensemble. <br /><br />Best I could do on the dress was: <br /><br />http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JwNoi3JiwUo/U2cC3LfjqUI/AAAAAAAAHj4/IDG9mtHojC0/s1600/Sabrina+style+dress.jpg<br /><br />For the brooch I like:<br /><br />http://jacksonsonmain.com/images/cache/wfj506_1.190.JPG<br /><br />I think the brooch would be lost on the dress.<br /><br /><br />Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33140647799189826622016-07-02T22:46:14.352+01:002016-07-02T22:46:14.352+01:00I keep meaning to read a Patricia Wentworth book o...I keep meaning to read a Patricia Wentworth book or two, but they never make it to the top of the pile. This one sounds especially interesting because of the time period. You found lovely images for this post.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82488841202493466402016-07-02T10:23:30.039+01:002016-07-02T10:23:30.039+01:00Well exactly. I suppose ideally you would drop it ...Well exactly. I suppose ideally you would drop it from the first floor window 'by accident' hitting someone on the verandah. Dining rooms are normally on the ground floor, but come on, someone could have solved this problem... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-47509783134554721682016-07-02T07:18:58.909+01:002016-07-02T07:18:58.909+01:00Trying to think of any classic epergne murders now...Trying to think of any classic epergne murders now... It is surely a waste if there are none. skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33267040640902013362016-07-01T20:53:49.020+01:002016-07-01T20:53:49.020+01:00In the Christie I read last week, the reason for i...In the Christie I read last week, the reason for illicit wandering round the house is 'there were no biscuits in the tin by the bed', and luckily the illicit wanderer puts them in his dressing gown pocket and so makes it look as if he has been to the kitchen to get them. I suppose more respectable than coming downstairs for a large whiskey! Angela Thirkell very good on the clothes and other traumas of weekend party. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82420172594525261932016-07-01T20:51:14.309+01:002016-07-01T20:51:14.309+01:00I know - it's essential for spreading the susp...I know - it's essential for spreading the suspicion, but I sometimes wish authors made the reasons a bit more convincing! But I can't fault it for entertainment value.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-25782591267056729132016-07-01T13:27:40.338+01:002016-07-01T13:27:40.338+01:00"I came downstairs for a book" (because ..."I came downstairs for a book" (because I didn't pack one and there aren't any in my room). I remember reading instructions to wear a summer dress to a party if you didn't have an evening one. (Meanwhile what can I do with all this summery fabric?)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71771795520113163022016-07-01T12:08:57.002+01:002016-07-01T12:08:57.002+01:00It is always interesting, isn't it, Moira, how...It is always interesting, isn't it, Moira, how characters like this end up wandering around at midnight instead of being asleep... In all seriousness, though, it does sound as though this one gives a solid like at life in the 1940's (I admit, this is a Miss Silver novel that I haven't read). And I like your description of the dialogue as 'sparky.' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com