"The Mystery of the Blue Train The Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by William Collins & Sons on 29 March 1928 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The book features her detective Hercule Poirot. Poirot boards Le Train Bleu, bound for the French Riviera. So does Katherine Grey, who is having her first winter out of England, after recently receiving"
"The Secret Seven (Frank Richards) The Secret Seven series is an 11 part series of stories published in The Magnet magazine in 1934. The author was prolific writer Charles Hamilton, writing under the pen name Frank Richards. The series was republished by the Howard Baker (Greyfriars Press) as two volumes of Magnet facsimile editions in 1976. The stories are set in the fictional Greyfriars School. Venerable and respected Headmaster Dr. Locke, along with popular Head Prefect George Wingate and several other senior prefects, are all hospitalised after a road accident. Portly and pompous Fifth Form master Mr Prout is appointed"
"many smiling faces as the Greyfriars fellows march out of the Hall. The Secret Seven (Frank Richards) The Secret Seven series is an 11 part series of stories published in The Magnet magazine in 1934. The author was prolific writer Charles Hamilton, writing under the pen name Frank Richards. The series was republished by the Howard Baker (Greyfriars Press) as two volumes of Magnet facsimile editions in 1976. The stories are set in the fictional Greyfriars School. Venerable and respected Headmaster Dr. Locke, along with popular Head Prefect George Wingate and several other senior prefects, are all hospitalised after a"
"an argument that Stoker himself chose to revise the ending and remove Chapter 16 because it incited religious doubt and speculation that would threaten dominant religious beliefs. The Jewel of Seven Stars The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common ""fin de siècle"" themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress. Prepublication issues toward a"
"Sahitya Mahotsav, the first children's literature festival in Nepal. Lerangis lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their sons Nick and Joe. Seven Wonders (series) Journals Peter Lerangis Peter Duncan Lerangis (born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955) is an American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for his ""Seven Wonders"" series and his 39 clues series. Lerangis's work includes the ""Seven Wonders"" series, all five books of which made The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Books. He was also the author of ""The Viper's Nest"" and ""The Sword"
"The Seven Wonders (Saylor novel) The Seven Wonders is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by St. Martin's Press in 2008. It is the thirteenth book in his Roma Sub Rosa series of mystery stories set in the final decades of the Roman Republic, although it is chronologically the first. The novel is made up of a series of connected short stories, and the main character is the Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder. The year is 92 BC. The young Gordianus is eighteen years old, and has just become a man. Now he sets out on"
"Peter Lerangis Peter Duncan Lerangis (born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955) is an American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for his ""Seven Wonders"" series and his 39 clues series. Lerangis's work includes the ""Seven Wonders"" series, all five books of which made The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Books. He was also the author of ""The Viper's Nest"" and ""The Sword Thief"", two titles in the ""New York Times""-bestselling children's-book series ""The 39 Clues"", along with the second entry in a four-novella collection, ""Vespers Rising"". This book served as an introduction to"
"The Jewel of Seven Stars The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common ""fin de siècle"" themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress. Prepublication issues toward a US edition were deposited for copyright by Doubleday, Page & Company in December 1902 and January 1903 but the first US edition was published by Harper &"
"2012 on the 150th anniversary of the novel's release. An ebook version is also available. The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"""
"of the Herzoslovakian royal family and their jewels, was widely regarded as the best of her earlier novels, but marked the end of her association with the publisher Bodley Head. In 1926 she went missing for eleven days, ending up in an hotel in Harrogate, some two hundred miles from her home in Berkshire, and in 1928 she was divorced from her first husband. In ""The Seven Dials Mystery"", Bundle turned to amateur sleuthing after the death of two Foreign Office officials, both house guests of the Coote family, who had been renting Chimneys. She was drawn, with a male"
"The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"" magazine beginning on 29 November 1862, then as a single-volume novel in 1865 by Saunders,"
"(which is carried on both the back of the dustjacket and opposite the title page) reads: When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught, seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the Night Club in Seven Dials? That is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate. Their investigations lead them into some queer places and more than once into considerable danger. Not till the very end of the book is the identity of the mysterious Seven o’clock revealed. Following"
"Seven Sermons to the Dead Seven Sermons to the Dead (Latin: Septem Sermones ad Mortuos) is a collection of seven mystical or ""Gnostic"" texts privately published by C. G. Jung in 1916, under the title Seven Sermons to the Dead, written by Basilides of Alexandria, the city where East and West meet. Jung did not identify himself as the author of the publication, but credited it to the early Christian Gnostic religious teacher, Basilides. ""Seven Sermons"" might now best be described as the ""summary revelation of the ""Red Book"""". This is the only portion of the imaginative material contained in"
"Seven Wonders (series) Seven Wonders is a pentalogy of children's fantasy, adventure and mythological fiction books written by American author Peter Lerangis. It is based on Greek mythology and set around the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Jack McKinley discovers a secret organization on a hidden island, and becomes the leader of a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs. As Jack and his three friends realize their lives are at stake, they have no choice but to accept the quest and embark on the challenge. ""The Colossus Rises"" is the first book in the series, and was released"
"and ""The Seven Dials Mystery"" (1929). However, ""Passenger to Frankfurt"" differs from other Christie novels, because it is not another example of detective fiction or crime fiction. It is a combination of thriller and dystopian fiction, exploring a hypothetical future for the entire world. The novel depicts a resurgence of Nazism, which depends on uniting the young people of the world under its creed. The new Nazi movement and its agents seduce the world's youth with promises of glory and heroism. The indoctrinated youth are manipulated into overthrowing the governments of their respective nations, and redeploying the national resources into"
"she came down for a book to read, and fainted from fear. Bundle spots a mole on the Countess's shoulder through her negligee: she is a member of Seven Dials! The next morning, Battle finds a charred, left-handed glove with teeth marks, in the fireplace. He theorizes that the thief threw the gun onto the lawn from the terrace and then climbed back into the house via the ivy. Bundle’s father reports that the footman Bauer is missing. Jimmy gets an invitation to the Cootes’ new house in Letherbury, because he suspects Sir Oswald of being Number Seven. Jimmy looks"
"The Seven Deadly Sins (ballet chanté) The Seven Deadly Sins (, ) is a satirical ""ballet chanté"" (""sung ballet"") in seven scenes (nine movements) composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht in 1933 under a commission from Boris Kochno and Edward James. It was translated into English by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman. It was the last major collaboration between Weill and Brecht. With the Nazi seizure of power following the Reichstag fire of 27 February 1933, Brecht and Weill–especially Weill as a Jew–recognized that Berlin could no longer serve as their artistic home. Brecht"
"The Seven Deadly Sins (play) The Seven Deadly Sins was a two-part play written c. 1585, attributed to Richard Tarlton, and most likely premiered by his company, Queen Elizabeth's Men. The play drew upon the medieval tradition of the morality play; though it was very popular in its time, no copy of either part has survived. The play is significant, however, because the ""plot"" of ""Part 2"" still exists; it was discovered in the cover of a 17th-century manuscript play, ""The Tell Tale"", in a collection at Dulwich College. Originally assumed to be part of Edward Alleyn's papers, subsequent investigation"
"The List of Seven The List of Seven is a 1993 novel by Mark Frost. Though initially an occult murder mystery, the story brings in conspiracy theory, vendetta, horror, history, and Theosophy. The main character is a real historical person (albeit engaging in fictional actions) and several other historical figures appear in the story. Mark Frost followed the book with a sequel in 1995, ""The Six Messiahs"". Christmas Day 1884. Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle is invited to a seance where two people are apparently murdered. Doyle is saved by Armond Sacker, apparently a professor of Antiquities at Cambridge University. Doyle"
"the successful development of the Covent Garden Piazza area nearby, Neale hoped that Seven Dials would be popular with wealthy residents. This was not to be and the area gradually deteriorated. At one stage, each of the seven apexes facing the column housed a pub. By the 19th century, Seven Dials was among the most notorious slums in London, as part of the slum of St Giles. The area was described by Charles Dickens during 1835: In his collection ""Sketches by Boz"", Dickens remarks, The poet John Keats described the area as the last resort for the poor and the"
"The Seven Minutes The Seven Minutes is a novel by Irving Wallace published in 1969 and released by Simon & Schuster. The book is a fictional account of the effects of pornography and the related arguments about freedom of speech. ""The Seven Minutes"" chronicles a fictional obscenity trial of a banned book, ""The Seven Minutes"" by ""J. J. Jadway,"" which purported to be the thoughts in a woman's mind during seven minutes of sexual intercourse. Wallace's extensively researched work contains numerous (attributed) quotes and presents well-supported arguments for both sides of his fictional debate. The book was made into the"
"Seven Ancient Wonders Seven Ancient Wonders (Seven Deadly Wonders in the United States of America) is a book written by Australian author Matthew Reilly in 2005. Its sequel, ""The Six Sacred Stones"" was released in the autumn of 2007. The most recent novel in the series, ""The Four Legendary Kingdoms"", was released in Australia on October 18, 2016. Around 4,500 years ago, the capstone upon the summit of the Great Pyramid of Giza absorbed the energy released by the Tartarus Rotation (a monstrous sunspot that occurs every 4,000–4,500 years), and saved the earth from major flooding and catastrophic weather. This"
"the main character of the novel is Jack West Jr. Seven Ancient Wonders Seven Ancient Wonders (Seven Deadly Wonders in the United States of America) is a book written by Australian author Matthew Reilly in 2005. Its sequel, ""The Six Sacred Stones"" was released in the autumn of 2007. The most recent novel in the series, ""The Four Legendary Kingdoms"", was released in Australia on October 18, 2016. Around 4,500 years ago, the capstone upon the summit of the Great Pyramid of Giza absorbed the energy released by the Tartarus Rotation (a monstrous sunspot that occurs every 4,000–4,500 years), and"
"The Adventure of the Seven Clocks ""The Adventure of the Seven Clocks"" is a Sherlock Holmes story by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. The story was published in the 1954 collection, ""The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes"". Holmes is consulted by a young lady, a companion to an older woman, about the eccentric behavior of a young man she has met. He behaves normally, but becomes a raging maniac whenever he encounters a clock. The young woman personally has seen him smash two clocks and heard from the man's servant of five other incidents. Holmes must travel to a"
"Bundle Brent Lady Eileen ""Bundle"" Brent, is a fictional character of two of the Agatha Christie novels, ""The Secret of Chimneys"" (1925) and ""The Seven Dials Mystery"" (1929), described as a spirited ""it girl"". Bundle was the eldest daughter of Clement Edward Alistair Brent, 9th Marquess of Caterham (simply called ""Lord Caterham""). She had two sisters, Daisy and Dulcie. She described her late mother as having “got tired of having nothing but girls and died"". Her mother ""thought someone else could take on the job of providing an heir”. Bundle’s uncle, the 8th Marquess, was Foreign Secretary in the British"
"what they need without shame."" The Seven Deadly Sins (ballet chanté) The Seven Deadly Sins (, ) is a satirical ""ballet chanté"" (""sung ballet"") in seven scenes (nine movements) composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht in 1933 under a commission from Boris Kochno and Edward James. It was translated into English by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman. It was the last major collaboration between Weill and Brecht. With the Nazi seizure of power following the Reichstag fire of 27 February 1933, Brecht and Weill–especially Weill as a Jew–recognized that Berlin could no longer serve"
"by author Charles Hamilton, under the pen name Frank Richards, over a 53-year period from 1908 until his death on Christmas Eve 1961. During this time, it is estimated that he was responsible for the equivalent of over 1,000 full-length novels, which ranks him as one of the most prolific published authors of all time. From 1908 until early 1940, he was responsible for almost all of the content of the weekly children's publications The Magnet and The Gem, featuring school stories at the fictional Greyfriars and St Jim's Schools. The Secret Seven was an 11 part series published in"
"common with the Bundle of the novels. The ""Radio Times"" observed that this production was ""classic Agatha Christie, even though it's only distantly related to her original ... purists will be utterly flummoxed - and the plot has more holes in it than the murder victim"". An audiobook of ""The Seven Dials Mystery"", read by Emilia Fox, was released in 2005, while Christie's stage play, ""Chimneys"", which she wrote in 1931, eventually received its premiere at Pitlochry, Scotland in 2006. In the latter production, Bundle was played by Michele Gallagher. Bundle Brent Lady Eileen ""Bundle"" Brent, is a fictional character"
"The Seven Deadly Sins (album) The Seven Deadly Sins is a studio recording of the Kurt Weill Opera of the same name by Marianne Faithfull, released in 1998. Marianne Faithfull had already performed ""The Seven Deadly Sins"" live at St Ann's in Brooklyn, but it was only after working with Dennis Russell Davies on ""20th Century Blues"" that the idea of recording the opera came to her. Dennis Russell Davies agreed to collaborate again with her, and the album was recorded in June 1997 at the Vienna Konzerthaus with Dennis Russell Davies conducting the Vienna Radio Symphony orchestra. The recording"
"Jadway, the book's author, and he did not die of a heart attack in Europe in the 1950s as was reported, and she knew that the book's content was not intended to be pornographic, but an examination of a woman's sexuality. When she is asked how she could know this, Constance responds with a bombshell, ""Because I am J.J. Jadway, and I wrote ""The Seven Minutes."""" She had asked a friend to publicize the fake suicide of ""J.J. Jadway"" in order to discourage investigation into the book's author because, more than 20 years ago, it would have been bad for"
"criminal whose stock in trade is the theft of secret formulae: Jimmy Thesiger was arrested that afternoon with his accomplice, Loraine Wade. Battle explains that Jimmy killed Gerry Wade when he got onto Jimmy's track. Ronny took the eighth clock from the dead man's room to see if anyone reacted to there being ""seven dials. Jimmy killed Ronny Devereux for the same reason; Ronny’s last words were a warning to the Seven Dials about Jimmy. At Wyvern Abbey, Jimmy climbed up the ivy to Sir Stanley Digby's room, threw the formula down to Loraine, climbed back down the ivy and"
"The House of the Seven Gables The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home. In the book, Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement, and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. The setting for the book was inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, a gabled house in Salem, MA, belonging to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll, and by ancestors of Hawthorne who had played"
"The Seventh Key The Seventh Key is a Norwegian series of English lessons produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1969. It was produced for use in English lessons in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish schools. It was also broadcast in The Netherlands. The Seventh Key is a suspense story about an inheritance case. The story was written by Michael Smee and Lewis Jones. Producer/Director was Egil Eikvil. It was aired on Norwegian TV (School TV) from 1969 to 1975. Starring: Diana Chappell, Cheryl Conte, Geoffrey Hinsliff, David Munro. Music by Kåre Furuholmen. Other similar series made by the Norwegian Broadcasting"