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Gladys Maude Winifred Mitchell or The Great Gladys' as Philip Larkin called her was born in 1901, in Cowley in Oxfordshire. She graduated in history from University College London and in 1921 began her long career as a teacher. Her hobbies included architecture and writing poetry. She studied the works of Sigmund Freud and her interest in witchcraft was encouraged by her friend, the detective novelist Helen Simpson.
Her first novel, Speedy Death, was published in 1929 and introduced readers to Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, the detective heroine of a further sixty six crime novels. She wrote at least one novel a year throughout her career and was an early member of the Detection Club, alongside Agatha Christie, G.K Chesterton and Dorothy Sayers.In 1961 she retired from teaching and, from her home in Dorset, continued to write, receiving the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 1976. Gladys Mitchell died in 1983.



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The marvel is that although Miss Mitchell has been so prolific, she has also been so good -- Edmund Crispin
The Great Gladys -- Philip Larkin
Mrs. Bradley is easily one of the most memorable personalities * Next Read *

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 4 February 2009
      ISBN-13 9780099526193
      978-0099526193
      ISBN-10 0099526190
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      Contemporary Fiction

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      Book Synopsis

      Gladys Maude Winifred Mitchell or The Great Gladys' as Philip Larkin called her was born in 1901, in Cowley in Oxfordshire. She graduated in history from University College London and in 1921 began her long career as a teacher. Her hobbies included architecture and writing poetry. She studied the works of Sigmund Freud and her interest in witchcraft was encouraged by her friend, the detective novelist Helen Simpson.
      Her first novel, Speedy Death, was published in 1929 and introduced readers to Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, the detective heroine of a further sixty six crime novels. She wrote at least one novel a year throughout her career and was an early member of the Detection Club, alongside Agatha Christie, G.K Chesterton and Dorothy Sayers.In 1961 she retired from teaching and, from her home in Dorset, continued to write, receiving the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 1976. Gladys Mitchell died in 1983.



      Trade Review
      The marvel is that although Miss Mitchell has been so prolific, she has also been so good -- Edmund Crispin
      The Great Gladys -- Philip Larkin
      Mrs. Bradley is easily one of the most memorable personalities * Next Read *

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