...a story known by heart by the children, not forgotten by the young men, and lauded and even believed by the old folk; and for all that not a whit truer than the miracles of Mahomet.
Ahem.
Of course, it is to be remembered that the tale was written four hundred years ago, at the time of the crusades or, at least, immediately after them.
Golden Age crime, contd: Death from a Top Hat
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When I saw that Clayton Rawson’s 1938 novel *Death from a Top Hat* – one of
the best-regarded locked-room mysteries of its time – was available online
at...
3 days ago
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