from antiquary

My parents liked Ngaio marsh and I read a umber of them but overall found them too gloomy for my taste and did not keep many. I got this one because it involves traditional English village dancing.

from ParadisePorch

February was a month of first tries of well-respected authors. I grew up loving Agatha Christie - and I don't know how I never heard of Ngaio Marsh before a couple of years ago. (And I'm not sure that, without the Internet, I would be familiar with her yet today.) This was my first Marsh because ...

from NormaDruid

Here I enjoyed Marsh's very thorough research on old English folk plays. She had a background in theater and is always amusing when she uses a theater background. The setting is an English village not all that long after WWII. They are still coming to grips with changing their old ways. The rathe...

from NormaDruid

Here I enjoyed Marsh's very thorough research on old English folk plays. She had a background in theater and is always amusing when she uses a theater background. The setting is an English village not all that long after WWII. They are still coming to grips with changing their old ways. The rathe...