Books in the Scullery
Jem BloomfieldBooks in the Scullery is a substack about books, their intricacies, and the connections between them. From Agatha Christie to medieval mystery plays, via Renaissance poetry, Jane Austen, Narnia and more.
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Chronicling the Cadfael Style
In “Brother Cadfael and the Country House”, I wrote about how Ellis Peters blended her medieval setting with the Golden Age mystery genre. I’d like to look more closely at the opening of her novel Monk’s-Hood, to tease out some of details o...
Brother Cadfael and the Country House
Ellis Peters essentially built the historical detective novel, as we know it today. Whilst she was not the first person to set a mystery in the past, the “Brother Cadfael” series did a great deal to construct the form. Her stories about a t...
Mr. Tumnus' Bookshelf
C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe depicts the magical world of Narnia in vivid images. The blank, silent courtyard of the White Witch’s castle, the glittering pavilions of Aslan’s camp, and the dawn-streaked hilltop of the St...
The Mourning of Mapp and Lucia
The Mapp and Lucia novels by E.F. Benson are one of the delights of English comic literature. Written in the 1920s and 30s, the series depicts the social life of genteel provincial places: the quaintly Elizabethan village of Riseholme and t...
Tolkien and the Eagles
“So why didn’t they just ask the eagles?” is a question I’ve heard more than once. No, this is not a minor Agatha Christie work rewritten as fantasy fiction. This is a classic conundrum for readers and fans of J.R.R. Tolkien. The eagles are...
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