Bibliography & Links
- Bibliographic Works
- Links
- Other Oddities
Allingham Discussion Group on Yahoo!
Biographical Works and Resources
At last count, there have been four books published related to Margery Allingham and her writing. All of them, sadly, appear to be out of print, although searches on sites like ABE Books (www.abebooks.com) do periodically turn up copies.
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Ink in Her Blood: the Life and Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham
Martin's book is a work of biographical criticism, with photographs, an Allingham family tree, and a very thorough bibiliography. |
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Campion's Career: A Study of the Novels of Margery Allingham
Barry Pike's excellent study of the Allingham canon includes a great deal of detail and a marvellous bibliography, and is only spoiled by the absence of an index, which would make researching particular questions much easier. |
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Thorogood's biography of Margery Allingham, now sadly out-of-print, is the result of her effort to republish The Oaken Heart, which led her, according to the jacket, to a meeting with Allingham's sister Joyce. The resulting book neatly synthesises biographical background and textual criticism to produce an intelligent and readable work. |
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All I Did Was This
Allingham's husband, Philip Youngman Carter, had written at least part of an autobiography, which was published with an introduction by Joyce Allingham, Margery's sister, sections of The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham and a postscript by J. E. Morpurgo. Apparently in a limited edition fo 400 copies, this book may be harder to come by, but it adds extra depth and scope to the picture of Marge and Pip's life and career together. |
Other WWW sites relating to Margery Allingham
The Allingham Files (Mystery Mile)
This is a site about white I know very little, aside from the obvious appearance of being of recent construction. Its author, Ian Weddell, has promised updates...oh, yes, I know how that goes.
Barnes & Noble: Meet the Writers
A nice short biography and bibliography, for those interested in concision.
Bottle Street Online: the Margery Allingham Society
The official web presence of the Margery Allingham Society. Includes application form for membership, as well as links, a museum, and many other wonderful features.
Michael E. Grost's site offers a vast number of essays about detective and mystery fiction, including Margery Allingham. I haven't even started to read through the vast amount of content which Mr Grost provides, but it does look as though our tastes are quite similar, though his seems far more comprehensive and (he says regretfully) sophisticated than mine.
A page with a few links, and a number of interesting cover images from various (mostly lurid paperbound) editions of Allingham's works.
Other Oddities and Incunabula
Missing in action...There was one other site which also contained a great deal of very good material on the recent 'Campion' series, including some comment on a previous BBC adaption in the late '50s and the one cinematic adaptation of one of Margery Allingham's books, 'The Tiger in the Smoke.' That site, 'Dark Ride', has been gone and dust for some little time now, and I regret very much that I did not make a more thorough study of the information available there before its demise. I hope to bring you more such locations as I encounter them. If you should encounter one in your travels, please do let me know.
