Airing in a Closed Carriage

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Airing in a Closed Carriage
1943 first edition
AuthorMarjorie Bowen
CountryUnited Kingdom
GenreHistorical drama
PublisherHarper and Brothers
Publication date
1943
Media typePrint
Pages358

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

  • Geoff Mayer & Brian McDonnell. Encyclopedia of Film Noir. ABC-CLIO, 2007.