Airing in a Closed Carriage
Appearance
1943 first edition | |
Author | Marjorie Bowen |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Publisher | Harper and Brothers |
Publication date | 1943 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Pages | 358 |
Airing in a Closed Carriage is a 1943 British historical novel written by Marjorie Bowen under the pseudonym of Joseph Shearing. Two brothers develop a fierce rivalry over the same woman. It was inspired by the real life murder trial of Florence Maybrick.[1][2]
Film adaptation
[edit]In 1947 the novel was turned into a British film The Mark of Cain directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Eric Portman and Sally Gray. It was one of four adaptations of Bowen's novels made in 1947–48.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dust & Corruption: Joseph Shearing's AIRING IN A CLOSED CARRIAGE and the Florence Maybrick Mystery". 20 December 2010.
- ^ Birch, Dinah (25 February 2014). "Did She Kill Him? review – a Victorian scandal of sex and poisoning". The Guardian.
- ^ Mayer & McDonnell p.279
Bibliography
[edit]- Geoff Mayer & Brian McDonnell. Encyclopedia of Film Noir. ABC-CLIO, 2007.