They Wouldn't Be Chessmen is a 1935 British detective novel by A.E.W. Mason. It is the fourth full-length novel in Mason's Inspector Hanaud series. Nahendra...
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Seine estuary near to the town of Caudebec. Much of the action in They Wouldn't Be Chessmen by A. E. W. Mason takes place in Caudebec. Anthony Ashley-Cooper...
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The House of the Arrow (1924) The Prisoner in the Opal (1928) They Wouldn't Be Chessmen (1934) "The Ginger King" (1940) (Short Story) The House in Lordship...
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from Northern Ireland, in the role of Mr. Ricardo. Trevor would go on to be the first actor to create Hercule Poirot on the screen. Veteran British director...
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to explain why. Ricardo suggests that Diana's fiancé, Bryce Carter, would be the best person to deal with this, or even Joyce herself. A clearly embarrassed...
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bears considerable resemblance to A. E. W. Mason's 1935 novel They Wouldn't Be Chessmen. "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 16...
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rules of the Royal Game of Ur. He also owns a replica set of the Lewis chessmen which were used as props in the first Harry Potter film. Finkel founded...
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Sons. The House of the Arrow 1924 Novel The Prisoner in the Opal 1928 Novel They Wouldn't be Chessmen 1935 Novel The House in Lordship Lane 1946 Novel...
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'undesirables' previously held in a Venezuelan prison. Hearing a cry from the water, they pick up an escapee, Bryan Devisher. Devisher had found himself caught up...
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remain stationary, walking away from something brings one towards it, chessmen are alive and nursery-rhyme characters are real). Among the characters...
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reality. 'Royal stuff and nonsense! You'll be telling me and Alice next there are real mock chessmen [...] also they can even play games of real Mock Chess...
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out the punishments for the day, for "offences" that include bringing chessmen to the university – "men with whom you give each other mate" – and for...
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Europe Boxwood altar Franks Casket Holy Thorn Reliquary Hoxne Hoard Lewis chessmen Lindow Man Mildenhall Treasure Ringlemere Cup Royal Gold Cup Seax of Beagnoth...
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