C. E. Vulliamy (1886–1971)
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Works by C. E. Vulliamy
Unknown Cornwall 3 copies
William Penn 2 copies
Our prehistoric forerunners, 2 copies
Royal George 2 copies
Prodwit's guide to writing 2 copies
Floral tribute 2 copies
The anatomy of Satire 2 copies
Our prehistoric forerunners 1 copy
The Proud Walkers 1 copy
The Polderoy Papers 1 copy
The Polderoy Papers 1 copy
The red archives 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Vulliamy, C. E.
- Legal name
- Vulliamy, Colwyn Edward
- Other names
- Rolls, Anthony
- Birthdate
- 1886-06-20
- Date of death
- 1971-09-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Wales
UK - Birthplace
- Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales
- Place of death
- Guildford, Surrey, England
- Education
- privately educated
- Occupations
- scholar
biographer - Relationships
- Vulliamy, John (son)
Hughes, Shirley (daughter-in-law)
Vulliamy, Clara (granddaughter)
Vulliamy, Ed (grandson) - Organizations
- Royal Anthropological Society
British Army (WWI) - Awards and honors
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Short biography
- Colwyn Edward Vulliamy (1886-1971) was a Welsh biographer and historian. He was educated privately and studied art under Stanhope Forbes. He entered the Army in WW1 and served in France, Macedonia and Turkey. After the war he wrote mainly biographies and humour, but also produced several inverted mystery novels. He married Eileen Hynes in 1916 and had two children. She died in 1943. His best-known book is The Vicar's Experiments (1932), written under the pseudonym Anthony Rolls.
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Family Matters (British Library Crime Classics) by Anthony Rolls
Note: I accessed digital review copies of this book through Edelweiss and NetGalley.
Note: I accessed digital review copies of this book through NetGalley and Edelweiss; I received an ARC from the publisher at ALA Midwinter 2017.
Admittedly, some books in the series ( British Library Crime Classic) are a bit outdated. But this one really works, well developed characters, a nice setting and a bit of an atmosphere. Even after all those years ,it remains a good read.
Warning: this review contains spoilers.
What’s the matter with the Kewdingham household? Robert and Bertha are a mismatched couple, it seems: Robert is self-important and pathetic, with a plethora of hobbies that clutter up the house and his mind. He is also secure in the knowledge that his family will always protect one of their own. Bertha does not have the patience any more to deal with him, and she is almost universally disliked by her in-laws for her sharp tongue, but she has never had much of a fair shake from them anyway, because of her being half French in their very English family. Tensions run high, then eventually to murder.
I had initially been reluctant to read this book, because my best friend (who shares an affection for these British Library Crime Classics) had read it and didn’t like the ending. But when I found it in the ebook collection of our local library, I decided to give it a go. I ended up liking it a fair bit. The duelling poisons I found amusing in a macabre kind of way, and while the ending was a bit messy, I think it worked. Perhaps my friend just likes neater endings.
The writing is a bit more riddled with stereotypical comments about women than I would like (even allowing for the fact that this book was originally published in 1933), but the actual story is good, particularly if you like your mysteries to involve chemistry or poisons. So perhaps if you liked that angle of Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles or The Pale Horse, or even the Flavia de Luce books, you might like this one.… (more)
What’s the matter with the Kewdingham household? Robert and Bertha are a mismatched couple, it seems: Robert is self-important and pathetic, with a plethora of hobbies that clutter up the house and his mind. He is also secure in the knowledge that his family will always protect one of their own. Bertha does not have the patience any more to deal with him, and she is almost universally disliked by her in-laws for her sharp tongue, but she has never had much of a fair shake from them anyway, because of her being half French in their very English family. Tensions run high, then eventually to murder.
I had initially been reluctant to read this book, because my best friend (who shares an affection for these British Library Crime Classics) had read it and didn’t like the ending. But when I found it in the ebook collection of our local library, I decided to give it a go. I ended up liking it a fair bit. The duelling poisons I found amusing in a macabre kind of way, and while the ending was a bit messy, I think it worked. Perhaps my friend just likes neater endings.
The writing is a bit more riddled with stereotypical comments about women than I would like (even allowing for the fact that this book was originally published in 1933), but the actual story is good, particularly if you like your mysteries to involve chemistry or poisons. So perhaps if you liked that angle of Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles or The Pale Horse, or even the Flavia de Luce books, you might like this one.… (more)
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