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- "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter" was naval slang for corporal punishment administered to a young seaman over a gun as imagined in this artist's impression.
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May 13, 2010 · Learn about the history and origin of the phrase "kissing the gunner's daughter" as a euphemism for flogging in the Royal Navy. Read accounts of boys and midshipmen who were punished by being tied to the gun and whipped on their bare bottoms.
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter is a 1992 novel by the British mystery writer Ruth Rendell, featuring the recurring character Inspector Reg Wexford. The title of the book refers to historical corporal punishment in the Royal Navy where a sailor kissing the gunner's daughter was lashed to a cannon to receive a flogging .
- Ruth Rendell
- 1992
Jan 1, 1991 · The home of a celebrated author, her husband, daughter and granddaughter is invaded and everyone is murdered at the dining table except the granddaughter who is badly wounded. It appears that jewelry is also stolen and no clues are apparent.
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- Mass Market Paperback
A crime drama mystery based on a Ruth Rendell novel, starring George Baker as Chief Insp. Wexford. A bank robbery gone wrong leads to a series of murders and deceptions in this 1992 TV episode.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Mary McMurray
- 1992-11-15
Jan 1, 1992 · Kissing the Gunner's Daughter. Hardcover – January 1, 1992. Detective Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford remains cool in the face of massive media attention as he sets out to investigate the stabbing death of celebrity writer Davina Flory and her husband and daughter.
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- Ruth Rendell
A horrific massacre at Tancred House leads Chief Inspector Wexford to investigate the links to the murder of Sergeant Martin. A spine-tingling page-turner of a crime novel by the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell.
When three people are discovered shot at Tancred House, Chief Inspector Wexford suspects a connection between the two apparently unrelated crimes. But only the seventeen-year-old daughter...
