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One of the celebrated 1930s and 40s Queens of Crime' Ngaio Marsh was probably our first million copy author. Her tightly written stylish whodunits were perennial favorites rating alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. She was also seriously in love with the theatre and her triumphant return to New Zealand to establish the Court Theatre in Christchurch saw her feted and honored with the title dame of the British Empire. With her coterie of 'luvvies' the handsome gay boys who were a part of her entourage and her proteges in many fields of the arts and her impeccable landed gentry upbringing Dame Ngaio dominated the News Zealand performing arts scene for many years before her death. A biography was produced to no great acclaim and it was a tedious hagiography of Dame Ngaio the woman of stature. Dr Jo Drayton award winning art historian and writer was awarded the Alexander Turnbull fellowship for 2007 and has used the time to complete the research and writing of this her most exciting book to date. There was another story to be told a much more textured rich and fascinating story of a young woman of ambiguous sexuality who reveled in the abandon of the Bohemian Riviera whose spurned suitor committed suicide and whose scintillating murder mysteries all took their inspiration setting or characters from the heady life she enjoyed as a member of the in set in England where one moved between town house and country estate. In what will be one of the most read and most significant biographies of 2008 Ngaio Marsh comes to life and finally steps out from behind the cardboard cutout of respectability and decorum.
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Dr Joanne Drayton is the author of Edith Collier Her Life and Work, 1885-1964 (1999); Rhona Haszard: An Expatriate New Zealand Artist (2002) and Frances Hodgkins: A Private Viewing (2005) and contributed a chapter to Between the Lives: Partners in Art (2005). She has curated exhibitions of Collier, Haszard, Hodgkins, and D. K. Richmond's work, and publishes in art history and theory. In 2007, she was awarded a National Library Fellowship to write a biography of Dame Ngaio Marsh.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1869506359
- ISBN 13 9781869506353
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 320 pages. dj has protective cover some wear, watermarks on so me pages previous owner's address stamp inscription by author o n title page (to Annette) tanned edgesNGAIO M ARSH: Her Life in Crimeby Joanne DraytonHarperCollins, NZ, 2008ISBN 9781869506353roya l hb, dj, 320pp, b/w plates, marker ribbonFAIR: dj ha s protective cover; some wear, watermarks on some pages; previous owner's address stamp; inscription by author on title page (to A nnette); tanned edgesOne of the celebrated 1930s and 40s Queens of Crime' Ngaio Marsh was probably our first million c opy author. Her tightly written, stylish whodunits were perennial favorites, rating alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers . She was also seriously in love with the theatre, and her triump hant return to New Zealand to establish the Court Theatre in Chri stchurch saw her feted and honored with the title dame of the Bri tish Empire. There was another story to be told, a mu ch more textured, rich and fascinating story, of a young woman of ambiguous sexuality who revelled in the abandon of the Bohemian Riviera, whose spurned suitor committed suicide and whose scintil lating murder mysteries all took their inspiration, setting or ch aracters from the heady life she enjoyed as a member of the in se t in England, where one moved between town house and country esta te. Ngaio Marsh comes to life and finally steps out from behind t he cardboard cutout of respectability and decorum. Seller Inventory # 1134y
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