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The Massingham Affair
First edition (US)
AuthorEdward Grierson
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
PublisherChatto and Windus (UK)
Doubleday (US)

Publication date

1962
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Massingham Affair is a 1962 crime detective novel by the British writer Edward Grierson.[1] Grierson based on the story on a real-life case that took place in Edlingham. in the late nineteenth century.[2]

Synopsis

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Many years before an elderly vicar and his daughter were the victims of a violent robbery. Two local men were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime. Now, Justin Derry, working as a solicitor in the village decides to reopen the case and exonerate the accused, despite the hostility that ensues from the villagers.

TV adaptation

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In 1964 it was made into a television series of the same title, broadcast on BBC Two. The cast included Lyndon Brook, Andrew Keir, Eileen Atkins and Renny Lister.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.70
  • ^ White p.172
  • ^ Baskin p.69
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