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The Nine Tailors is a 1934 mystery novel by the British writer Dorothy L. Sayers, her ninth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. The story is set in the Lincolnshire Fens , and revolves around a group of bell-ringers at the local parish church.
In The Nine Tailors Bunter becomes upset after a maid is caught polishing a beer bottle taken as evidence. [5] In Busman's Honeymoon , he becomes furious when Mrs Ruddle stands all the bottles upright and washes them.
In The Nine Tailors, Parker once again assists a county police force, this time the Lincolnshire Constabulary, in Wimsey's investigation into the case of an unlawfully buried body. One suspect is a former burglar from London; two other suspects (who are brothers) flee to London or attempt to conceal evidence there.
Locations included St Peter's Church, Walpole St Peter and Terrington St John, Norfolk for The Nine Tailors [6] [7] and Kirkcudbright, Galloway in Scotland for Five Red Herrings, the latter almost entirely shot on film due to a technician strike, with only a few studio sequences taped in studios in Glasgow.
Master tailors who relied on outside workers saved themselves the costs of lighting and heating, as well as some supplies. Rather than pay for foremen to supervise the work, masters would fine the outside workers for inferior products. Using outside workers also freed masters from the legal constraints that dictated hours and wages.
The honeymoon is over, a comedy in one act (1941) Wheels in His Head; father and his inventions (1945) Biography of his father, the inventor, A. J. Musselman. It Took Nine Tailors (1948) Autobiography of Adolphe Menjou.
Raymond Edward Menmuir (10 September 1930 – 26 March 2016) was a British-Australian director and producer. [1] His career included producing 44 episodes of The Professionals and directing 12 episodes of Upstairs, Downstairs. [2]
Dorothy L. Sayers – The Nine Tailors; Bruno Schulz – The Street of Crocodiles (short stories, Sklepy cynamonowe – Cinnamon Shops – in December 1933, dated 1934) Mihail Sebastian – De două mii de ani (For Two Thousand Years) J. Slauerhoff – Het leven op aarde (Life on Earth) Howard Spring – Shabby Tiger; Irving Stone – Lust for Life