Peace at Last
The day the First World War ended, 11 November 1918, marked the beginning of a new era.
The day the First World War ended, 11 November 1918, marked the beginning of a new era in which detective fiction would flourish. How did Britain go from "peace at last" to "whodunnit"?
This archive episode of Shedunnit was first published on 11th November 2020.
Books and sources:
鈥擯eace At Last by Guy Cuthbertson
鈥擣orever England: Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars by Alison Light
鈥擜n Autobiography by Agatha Christie
鈥擳he Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
鈥�"The Affair at the Victory Ball" by Agatha Christie, collected in Poirot's Early Cases
鈥擳he Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
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