"consists of the Saint George's Cross. However, Saint Alban is venerated by some as England's first Christian martyr. Change ringing is the traditional method of bell ringing in English churches, co-ordinated by the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers and promoted by societies such as the Ancient Society of College Youths and the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths. Change ringing is central to The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers, voted the best crime novel of the 1930s by the British Crime Writers' Association. In 17th-century England, the Puritans condemned the celebration of Christmas. In contrast, the Anglican Church ""pressed"
"and a good deal higher than Haman"". William Thoday is drowned in the flood trying to save another man. Wimsey speculates that ""I think perhaps he guessed at last how Geoffrey Deacon died and felt himself responsible"". The ""Nine Tailors"" of the book's title are taken from the old saying ""Nine Tailors Make a Man"", which Sayers quotes at the end of the novel. As explained by John Shand in his 1936 ""Spectator"" article ""The Bellringers' Art"", ""'Nine Tailors' means the nine strokes which at the beginning of the toll for the dead announce to the villagers that a man"
"one ""young woman who showed no signs of yielding to him, and what he did or said on that occasion is in no way related to this story"". This ties in with references in ""Gaudy Night"", when Wimsey is mentioned as undertaking an investigation in an advertisement agency while Harriet Vane goes about her normal life. 1933 ""The Nine Tailors"" (published 1934). Bunter plays a large part in the events. He acts as the perfect valet and assistant investigator. The servant Emily upsets Bunter by wiping fingerprints from a beer bottle. ""You don’t look very merry, Bunter, but then you're"
"rule of that esoteric art by allowing a relief ringer to take part in her famous nine-hour champion peal"". The American critic Edmund Wilson, in his essay attacking the entire genre of detective fiction, ""Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?"" , criticised ""The Nine Tailors"" in particular for being dull, overlong and far too detailed. He considered the bell-ringing prose to be ""a lot of information of the kind that you might expect to find in an encyclopaedia article on campanology"". As a child and young teenager, Sayers lived on the southern edge of the Fens at Bluntisham-cum-Earith, where her"
"were made for the nave in 1443, for the porch in 1463, and a donation was made in 1504 for lead. The church was restored in 1811 and again in 1897. The tower was restored in 1902. The church was the location for the mini-series ""The Nine Tailors"", a dramatization of Dorothy Sayers' novel, starring Ian Carmichael. St Andrew's is constructed in brick with ashlar dressings. The brick in the tower is exposed, while that elsewhere has been rendered. The church is roofed in lead. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a"
"Mary's money was placed into a trust fund, administered by her brothers on behalf of her children, from which she gets every three months a sum equal to that earned by her husband in the same period. Mary, once an outspoken left-winger embarrassed by her aristocratic status, is quite happy with the arrangement. In ""The Nine Tailors"", Parker once again assists a county police force, this time the Lincolnshire Constabulary, in Wimsey's investigation into the case of an unlawfully buried body. One suspect is a former burglar from London; two other suspects (who are brothers) flee to London or attempt"
"bell ringing should be seen as part of Christian worship, not exercise. The council's president, Chris Mew, said: ""Where is the glamour of the sports field and where are the David Beckhams of the belfry?"" The mystery novel ""The Nine Tailors"" by Dorothy L. Sayers (1934) contains a great deal of information on change-ringing. Her fictional detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, demonstrates his skill at ringing, and the solution to the central puzzle of the book rests in part upon his knowledge of the patterns of change ringing. Connie Willis, who frequently and overtly references Sayers in ""To Say Nothing of"
"popular culture"". Lord Peter Wimsey, Sayers's heroic detective, has been criticized for being too perfect; over time, the various talents that he displays grow too numerous for some readers to swallow. Edmund Wilson also expressed his distaste for Lord Peter in his criticism of ""The Nine Tailors"": ""There was also a dreadful stock English nobleman of the casual and debonair kind, with the embarrassing name of Lord Peter Wimsey, and, although he was the focal character in the novel ... I had to skip a good deal of him, too."" Wimsey is rich, well-educated, charming, and brave, as well as"
"Lord Peter Wimsey; as an eight-part adaptation by Alistair Beaton for Radio 4 in 1980, with Ian Carmichael as Wimsey; and as a single two-hour ""Murder for Christmas"" programme by Michelene Wandor in 1987, with Gary Bond as Wimsey. In 1974 the novel was adapted for BBC television by Anthony Steven as a series of four hour-long episodes, starring Ian Carmichael as Wimsey. The Nine Tailors The Nine Tailors is a 1934 mystery novel by British writer Dorothy L. Sayers, her ninth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. Stranded after a car accident in the fenland village of Fenchurch St. Paul on"
"Churches Conservation Trust. St Peter's Church is a Grade 1 listed parish church located in Walpole St Peter. Known as ""the Cathedral of the Fens"", the largely Perpendicular building is often regarded as one of England's finest parish churches. St Peter's was used as the parish church of the fictional village of Fenchurch St Paul in the celebrated 1970s production of Dorothy L Sayer's novel The Nine Tailors, starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey. An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population at the 2011 Census was 2,322. Walpole, Norfolk Walpole is a civil"
"A savage attack on Sayers's writing ability came from the prominent American critic and man of letters Edmund Wilson, in a well-known 1945 article in ""The New Yorker"" called ""Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?"" He briefly writes about her famous novel ""The Nine Tailors"", saying ""I declare that it seems to me one of the dullest books I have ever encountered in any field."" Wilson continues ""I had often heard people say that Dorothy Sayers wrote well ... but, really, she does not write very well: it is simply that she is more consciously literary than most of the"
"and directed by Dean. It featured Victoria Hopper, Brian Aherne, and Leonora Corbett. A third adaptation in 1943 featured Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, and Alexis Smith. It was adapted by Kathryn Scola and directed by Edmund Goulding. There is a complimentary allusion to the novel in the 1934 detective story ""The Nine Tailors"" by Dorothy L. Sayers. Fifteen-year-old Hilary is explaining to her father that she will write novels for a living: ""Best sellers. The sort that everybody goes potty over. Not just bosh ones, but like ""The Constant Nymph""."" Sayers also includes a positive mention in her 1930 epistolary"
"graveyard next to the elegant Regency-style rectory features the surnames of several characters from her mystery ""The Nine Tailors""; the nearby River Great Ouse and the Fens invite comparison with the book's vivid description of a massive flood around the village. From 1909, she was educated at the Godolphin School, a boarding school in Salisbury. Her father later moved to the simpler living of Christchurch, in Cambridgeshire. In 1912, Sayers won a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford where she studied modern languages and medieval literature and was taught by Mildred Pope. She finished with first-class honours in 1915. Women were"
"Nine Coaches Waiting Nine Coaches Waiting is a then-contemporary suspense, Gothic Romance novel by Mary Stewart published originally in 1958. The setting is the late 1950s — contemporary to the time of its first publication. The novel tells the haunting tale of a young English governess, Linda Martin, who travels to the Château Valmy, near Thonon-les-Bains, France, to take care of nine-year-old Philippe de Valmy. There she finds herself tangled in a plot to murder her charge and tries to save him, which eventually results in the revelation of a dark secret. <br> Linda's name is short for Belinda, ""or"
"is dead. A woman's death is announced with 'Six Tailors'. Hence the old saying ... which might otherwise be construed as a slander on a worthy profession"". In 1996 the British Crime Writers' Association awarded the story a ""Rusty Dagger award for the best crime novel of the 1930s"", an award devised and organised for the Association by the noir writer, Russell James. John Shand, writing in ""The Spectator"" in 1936, said ""Those who would appreciate an artist's picture of a group of village bellringers - of the kind who can pull a rope with any Londoner - may find"
"of advertising in ""Murder Must Advertise"", and advocated women's education (then a controversial subject) and role in society in ""Gaudy Night"". In ""Gaudy Night"", Miss Barton writes a book attacking the Nazi doctrine of Kinder, Küche, Kirche, which restricted women's roles to family activities, and in many ways the whole of ""Gaudy Night"" can be read as an attack on Nazi social doctrine. The book has been described as ""the first feminist mystery novel."" Sayers's Christian and academic interests are also apparent in her detective series. In ""The Nine Tailors"", one of her best-known detective novels, the plot unfolds largely"
"collections' intended opening work ""A Perfect Day for Bananafish"". In Salinger's novella, """", a meditation written by a member of the fictional Glass family, Buddy Glass writes about his brother, Seymour, where Buddy claims authorship to ""Teddy"" as well as other pieces in ""Nine Stories"". The story comprises several vignettes which take place aboard a luxury liner. The events occur roughly between 10:00 and 10:30 am on October 28, 1952. Teddy is Theodore ""Teddy"" McArdle, a 10-year-old mystic-savant returning home to America with his entertainer-socialite parents and his younger sister. As part of their tour of Great Britain, Teddy has"
"murder in front of numerous witnesses. To distinguish Death Bredon from Lord Peter Wimsey, Parker smuggles Wimsey out of the police station and urges him to get into the papers. Accordingly, Wimsey accompanies ""a Royal personage"" to a public event, leading the press to carry pictures of both ""Bredon"" and Wimsey. In 1934 (in ""The Nine Tailors"") Wimsey must unravel a 20-year-old case of missing jewels, an unknown corpse, a missing World War I soldier believed alive, a murderous escaped convict believed dead, and a mysterious code concerning church bells. By 1935 Lord Peter is in continental Europe, acting as"
"Season Nine"" and other related comics. In his series, Angel faces the looming threat of his now unstable former mentor Whistler, who helped bring about his transformation into Twilight, as well as his two dangerous former acolytes, half-demons Pearl and Nash, in addition a group of British Slayers who cannot forgive his actions as Twilight. Along with Faith, he lives in Giles' London apartment where they are joined by Giles' ageless aunts, witches Lavinia and Sophronia. Angel intends to honor Giles' memory, and seeks to collect fragments of Giles' soul from magical items as part of a plan to resurrect"
"The Nine Unknown The Nine Unknown is a 1923 novel by Talbot Mundy. Originally serialised in ""Adventure"" magazine, it concerns the Nine Unknown Men, a secret society founded by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka around 270 BC to preserve and develop knowledge that would be dangerous to humanity if it fell into the wrong hands. The nine unknown men were entrusted with guarding nine books of secret knowledge. In the novel the nine men are the embodiment of good and face up against nine Kali worshippers, who sow confusion and masquerade as the true sages. The story surrounds a priest called"
"to move out of her mother's house and start her own life; Nine Ball, a computer hacker; Constance, a street hustler and pickpocket; and Tammy, a profiteer and another friend of Debbie's who has been secretly selling stolen goods out of her family's suburban home. Debbie plans to steal the Toussaint, a $150 million Cartier necklace, from the Met Gala in three-and-a-half weeks, and use Met Gala co-host Daphne Kluger, a famous actress known for her long neck, as an unwitting mule who will wear the necklace into the gala. The team manipulates Daphne into choosing Weil as her stylist,"
"father was rector. Much of the technical detail of the novel was taken from Charles Troyte's ""Change Ringing"", quotations from which are placed at the start of many of the chapters. In a letter discussing the book, Sayers said ""I wrote [the novel] without ever having seen bells rung, by brooding over ""Troyte on Change-Ringing"" and trying to translate its technical descriptions into visual effects. That ... 'came out' beyond expectation"". ""The Nine Tailors"" has been adapted several times for BBC Radio: as a four-part serialisation by Giles Cooper for the BBC Light Programme in 1954, with Alan Wheatley as"
"and the two good maps. The cause of death, however, is original, and the rescue scene in the church amid the flood shows the hand of the master. It should be added that this work is a favourite with many readers. Sinclair Lewis judged it the best of his four 'indispensables' "". Also writing in 1989, HRF Keating said that the author ""incautiously entered the closed world of bell-ringing in ""The Nine Tailors"" on the strength of a sixpenny pamphlet picked up by chance—and invented a method of killing which would not produce death, as well as breaking a fundamental"
"Sayer's novel ""The Nine Tailors"", starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey. St Peter's Church, Walpole St Peter St Peter's Church is an active Anglican parish church located in Walpole St Peter, Norfolk. One of the largest churches in the county, it is known as ""the Cathedral of the Fens"". It lies in the Diocese of Ely. The largely Perpendicular building is Grade 1 listed, and is often regarded as one of England's finest parish churches. It is said to be a favourite of Prince Charles, and John Betjeman described it as ""the finest of all"". It was also listed"
"Shirt Tails The Shirt Tails were a mid-19th century street gang based in the Five Points slum in Manhattan, New York, United States, who wore their shirts on the outside of their pants as 19th century Chinese laborers would dress as a form of insignia and as a sign of gang group affiliation. Members kept their weapons—as many as three or four at a time—concealed beneath their shirts; this discreet measure stands in contrast to competing gangs who flaunted their weapons in order to intimidate. Never numbering more than a few hundred members, the Shirt Tails, like many other gangs,"
"To the Nines (novel) To the Nines is the ninth novel by Janet Evanovich featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Written in 2003, it's the second book in a row that doesn't revolve around a criminal bond, and the first to take Stephanie out of New Jersey and into the neon glitz of Las Vegas. ""To the Nines"" appeared on the ""USA Today"" list of 150 best-selling novels for 17 weeks, peaking at number 2. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter and amateur detective, who with a combination of luck and intuition usually gets the job done (though often by"
"the rôle assigned to her before she ever left England. <br> Nine Coaches Waiting Nine Coaches Waiting is a then-contemporary suspense, Gothic Romance novel by Mary Stewart published originally in 1958. The setting is the late 1950s — contemporary to the time of its first publication. The novel tells the haunting tale of a young English governess, Linda Martin, who travels to the Château Valmy, near Thonon-les-Bains, France, to take care of nine-year-old Philippe de Valmy. There she finds herself tangled in a plot to murder her charge and tries to save him, which eventually results in the revelation of"
"Nine Lives (novelette) ""Nine Lives"" is a 1968 science fiction novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin. Originally published in ""Playboy"" magazine (it was reprinted in ""The Wind's Twelve Quarters""), the story uses human cloning to explore perceptions of self and other. When it was published, Le Guin opted for publishing it under her initials (U.K. Le Guin) rather than her name, as per ""Playboy"" suggestion that a female author would make its readers ""nervous"". Le Guin has said ""It's not surprising that ""Playboy"" hadn't had its consciousness raised back then, but it is surprising to me to realize how thoughtlessly"
"costume she has specially worn for the occasion. She breaks the engagement, and it is implied that she may marry a wealthy former suitor instead. One evening in a London club, The Colonel relates a story of a friend, George Langhorn, who inherited the ownership of Stretchleys, a high-class Savile Row tailor, but hates it. He is persuaded to take a break in Monte Carlo, where he meets the pretty and rich Miss Minnie Welford. It transpires that she has inherited half-ownership of a mass-production clothing company Sky-High Tailoring, which she also hates. The couple quickly become engaged and marry."
"The Tailor in Heaven ""The Tailor in Heaven"" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 35. It is Aarne-Thompson type 800. God went to walk in the heavenly garden and took everyone except St. Peter. A tailor arrived at the gate. St. Peter refused to admit him, because he had stolen clothing and because God had forbidden him to admit anyone. The tailor begged, and St. Peter let him sit in the corner to await God. The tailor wandered off and found the chair where God could see everything on earth. He sat and saw"
"The Ten Teacups The Ten Teacups (U.S. title: ""The Peacock Feather Murders""), is a locked room mystery by American mystery writer John Dickson Carr, writing as Carter Dickson. It features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale, working with Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Humphrey Masters. In a poll of 17 mystery writers and reviewers, this novel was voted as the tenth best locked room mystery of all time. ""The Hollow Man"" also by John Dickson Carr was voted the best. Chief Inspector Masters receives a note that reads ""There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on"
"The Five Red Herrings The Five Red Herrings (also The 5 Red Herrings) is a 1931 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her sixth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. In the United States it was published in the same year under the title ""Suspicious Characters"". The novel includes a foreword in the form of a personal letter from the author ""To my friend Joe Dignam, kindliest of landlords"". The letter starts ""Here at last is your book about Gatehouse and Kirkcudbright. All the places are real places and all the trains are real trains, and all the landscapes are correct, except that"
"The Brave Little Tailor ""The Brave Little Tailor"" or ""The Valiant Little Tailor"" or ""The Gallant Tailor"" (German: ""Das tapfere Schneiderlein"") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 20. Joseph Jacobs collected another variant ""A Dozen at One Blow"" in ""European Folk and Fairy Tales"". Andrew Lang included it in ""The Blue Fairy Book"". Another of many versions of the tale appears in ""A Book of Giants"" by Ruth Manning-Sanders. In the Aarne–Thompson–Uther system of classifying folktales, it is type 1640, with elements of several other story types. A tailor is preparing to eat some"