Airing in a Closed Carriage explained

Airing in a Closed Carriage
Author:Marjorie Bowen
Country:United Kingdom
Genre:Historical drama
Publisher:Harper and Brothers
Release Date:1943
Media Type:Print
Pages:358

Airing in a Closed Carriage is a 1943 British historical novel written by Marjorie Bowen under the pseudonym of Joseph Shearing. Two brothers develop a fierce rivalry over the same woman. It was inspired by the real life murder trial of Florence Maybrick.[1] [2]

Film adaptation

In 1947 the novel was turned into a British film The Mark of Cain directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Eric Portman and Sally Gray. It was one of four adaptations of Bowen's novels made in 1947–48.[3]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dust & Corruption: Joseph Shearing's AIRING IN A CLOSED CARRIAGE and the Florence Maybrick Mystery. 20 December 2010 .
  2. News: Did She Kill Him? review – a Victorian scandal of sex and poisoning. Dinah. Birch. 25 February 2014. The Guardian.
  3. Mayer & McDonnell p.279