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    Mary Christianna Lewis (née Milne; 17 December 1907 – 11 March 1988), known professionally as Christianna Brand, was a British crime writer and children's...
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  • comedy drama fantasy film based on the Nurse Matilda character by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Kirk Jones, coproduced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
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  • Nurse Matilda (category Novels by Christianna Brand)
    Nurse Matilda books were written by the British children's author Christianna Brand (1907–1988) and illustrated by her cousin, Edward Ardizzone. The books...
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  • thriller film, based on the 1944 detective novel of the same name by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Sidney Gilliat and stars Sally Gray, Trevor Howard...
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  • 2005 film Nanny McPhee. It was written by Emma Thompson, based on Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee,...
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    Matilda series of children's books (1964–74) was written by his cousin Christianna Brand, who was seven years younger. Their shared grandmother had told the...
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  • Christianna Brand (1907–1988), British crime writer and children's author Christine Brand (born 1973), Swiss writer and journalist Christoffel Brand (1797–1875)...
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  • directed by Christian Zübert Tour de Force (novel), a 1955 novel by Christianna Brand Tour De Force (tour), 1986 Elton John concert tour Tour de Force (Sonny...
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    British — notably Agatha Christie, Nicholas Blake, G. K. Chesterton, Christianna Brand, Edmund Crispin, Michael Innes, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gladys Mitchell...
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    Alas, for Her That Met Me! (1976) by Mary Ann Ashe (pseudonym of Christianna Brand). Alanna Knight's Murder in Paradise (2008) includes Smith, William...
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  • Veronica Rose. It was based on the 1941 novel of the same title by Christianna Brand. It was a very early Hammer Films (here Marylebone-Hammer) production...
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  • Brackett (1915–1978) P. J. Brackston (pseudonym for Paula Brackston) Christianna Brand (1907–1988) Lilian Jackson Braun (1913–2011) Rita Mae Brown (born...
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    E.C.R. Lorac (1937), Christopher Bush (1937), Cyril Hare (1946), Christianna Brand (1946), Richard Hull (1946), Alice Campbell (1946), Val Gielgud (1947)...
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  • screenplay from Thorold Dickinson, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Joyce Carey and Christianna Brand. Secret People stars Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani and Audrey...
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    co-written with E. C. R. Lorac, Anthony Gilbert, Gladys Mitchell and Christianna Brand. The following year she published Introductory Papers on Dante, and...
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  • Suddenly at His Residence (category Novels by Christianna Brand)
    Suddenly at His Residence is a 1946 crime novel by the British writer Christianna Brand. It is the third in a series featuring her detective Inspector Cockrill...
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  • Christianna is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: Christiana Figueres (born 1956), Costa Rican diplomat Christianna Brand (1907–1988)...
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    and Mother Night". thedailyvonnegut.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022. Brand, Christianna (1944). Green for Danger. London: The Bodley Head. "Lord Ha-Ha". marvunapp...
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  • father's corpse. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Christianna Brand. 76 21b "You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore" Jeff Corey Rod Serling...
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  • (1945–2020) Rhys Bowen (pseudonym for Janet Quin-Harkin) (born 1941) Christianna Brand (1907–1988) Lilian Jackson Braun (1913–2011) Fredric Brown (1906–1972)...
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  • aftermath are covered in scrupulous detail in Heaven Knows Who (1960) by Christianna Brand, otherwise known as a respected writer of mysteries. There are two...
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  • novelist, playwright and historian (born 1912) March 11 – Christianna Brand (Mary Christianna Lewis), British crime novelist (born 1907) March 19 – Máirtín...
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  • (Farewell to Maria), short stories) Phyllis Bottome – The Lifeline Christianna Brand – Suddenly at His Residence John Bude – Trouble A-Brewing Ivan Bunin...
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  • composer. Rashid Bakr, 54, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan. Christianna Brand, 80, British crime writer and children's author (Green for Danger)...
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    Sudanese-born Ugandan professional netball player Mary Christianna Milne, birth name of Christianna Brand (1907–1988), British crime writer and children's author...
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    the titular character in the film Nanny McPhee (2005), based on Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda book series Clara Oswin Oswald, a nanny in both the...
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  • The Dragon and the Thief, The Land of Gold, Beyond the North Wind Christianna Brand (1907–1988) – Nurse Matilda series (adapted as Nanny McPhee) Ann Brashares...
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  • Parris Mitchell of King's Row Elizabeth Bowen – The Heat of the Day Christianna Brand – Death of Jezebel Jocelyn Brooke The Military Orchid The Scapegoat...
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  • deserves a wider US readership, starts out as astringently amusing as Christianna Brand in her classic Green for Danger, and then gradually broadens and deepens...
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  • Borges – Ficciones Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon – No Nightingales Christianna Brand – Green for Danger John Brophy – Target Island John Bude – Death in...
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