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Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh DBE ( / ˈnaɪoʊ / NY-oh; [1] 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.
Complete order of Ngaio Marsh books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Nov 14, 2018 · In the Golden Age of British crime fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, the names of four women were so dominant that they became known as the “Queens of Crime.” They were Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh—though, for my money, Marsh was the best of them.
Ngaio Marsh (born April 23, 1895, Christchurch, New Zealand—died February 18, 1982, Christchurch) was a New Zealand author known especially for her many detective novels featuring Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard and, in later novels, his wife, Troy.
Crime Novelist. One of the original ‘Queens of Crime’ who dominated crime fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, alongside Agatha Christie. Wrote 32 internationally-acclaimed novels featuring the quintessential upper class English detective – the handsome and melancholic Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
Roderick Alleyn Series. 33 primary works • 48 total works. aka: Inspector Alleyn series. English detective series, written from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Over a fifty-year span, from 1932 to 1982, Marsh wrote thirty-two classic English detective novels, which gained international acclaim. She did not always see herself as a writer, but first planned a career as a painter. Marsh's first novel, A MAN LAY DEAD (1934), which she wrote in London in 1931-32, introdu. Dame Ngaio Marsh, born Edith Ngaio ...
Sep 14, 2014 · However, of the four queens of the Golden Age, Ngaio Marsh is probably the least well known. So during Classics in September 2014, we decided to put that right and take a look at five of her best books and they’re all great examples of Golden Age crime fiction.
A bibliographical selection of Dame Ngaio Marsh's published work, including her complete crime novel series, short fiction, plays and non-fiction works. As curated by the Ngaio Marsh House & Heritage Trust, Christchurch NZ.
Ngaio Marsh has 181 books on Goodreads with 236912 ratings. Ngaio Marsh’s most popular book is A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1).
