![]() ![]() The novels follow Strangeways’ story from his idealistic early days, through the darker days of World War II and the death of his wife, to the more self-aware stories of the 1950s and 1960s. He wrote twenty detective novels as Nicholas Blake, most of them featuring Nigel Strangeways, a charming amateur sleuth who uses literary references to solve mysteries. Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Poet Laureat Menu. It will take all of Nigels insight and flair if he is to uncover the truth. ![]() He is the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis. He could be inspired with clues, both physical and psychological (as in The Widows Cruise), and some of his solutions (Thou Shell of Death) are brilliant. From the moment the boat sets sail it becomes clear that many of his fellow passengersfrom a neurotic widow to the ships lecturerhave guilty secrets to hide. He was Poet Laureate for Britain from 1968 until his death in 1972 and, under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake, a mystery writer. Day-Lewis/Nicholas Blake Author (1904 - 1972)Ĭecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972) was an Irish-born poet. ![]()
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