The Deadly Dowager
by Edwin Greenwood
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"Mixes mirth and murder with immense spirit and success ... I am sure that each of the Deadly Dowager's methods will find its warm admirers." – Arthur MachenWhen the Dowager Arabella, Lady Engleton announces to her relatives her jolly scheme to restore the family's fortunes by insuring their lives in favor of her grandson and heir, the young Lord Henry, they laugh at her and think her mad. But they won't be laughing for long. Soon she begins to kill them off one by one with sinister show more mirth and gruesome inventiveness ...
Forgotten today, Edwin Greenwood (1895-1937) was the author of several clever and darkly humorous crime novels that were highly acclaimed by critics and admired by the master of the macabre, Arthur Machen. This edition features a new introduction by Mark Valentine, who argues that although Greenwood's "novels have been largely lost to view, it is high time they delighted a fresh readership," and a reproduction of the original dust jacket art.
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- Canonical title
- The Deadly Dowager
- Alternate titles
- The Deadly Dowager; Skin & Bone
- Original publication date
- 1934
- People/Characters
- Arabella de Birkett, Dowager Lady Engleton (née Brainton); Henry de Birkett, 4th Baron Engleton; Alfred de Birkett; Bertram de Birkett; Hamish de Birkett; Reginald Trefusis, SJ (show all 12); Hugh Beamish; Vera Beamish; Sophie Beamish; Miss Caraway; Dora Winslow; Lily Peploe
- Important places
- England, UK
- Dedication
- To M because she laughed
- First words
- The Nineteen Thirties novelist Edwin Greenwood (1895-1939) was the author of six lively and farcical crime novels. (Introduction, by Mark Valentine)
In the days prior to the Tudors, the de Birketts weren't very important, but in the reign of Henry VIII one Hugh de Birkett was rewarded for some piece of dirty chicanery by Thomas Cromwell with the lands and revenues of no l... (show all)ess than three monasteries. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And they clinked glasses.
- Disambiguation notice
- "First published (as Skin and Bone) by Skeffington & Son in 1934. First U.S. edition [as The Deadly Dowager] published by Doubleday, Doran in 1935."
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