When their lordships asked Bacon How many bribes he had taken He had at least the grace To get very red in the face.
Edmund Clerihew Bentley Quotes
Showing all text quotesBirth: | 10th July, 1875 |
Death: | 30th March, 1956 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Humorist, Novelist |
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Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born in London, England. He was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century. His detective novel, Trent's Last Case, was much praised, numbering Dorothy L. Sayers among its admirers, and with its labyrinthine and mystifying plotting can be seen as the first truly modern mystery.
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