tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post5982957448819858673..comments2024-03-28T12:10:31.018-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: Kathleen LindsayDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-49646892462685290772021-07-01T10:32:10.016-04:002021-07-01T10:32:10.016-04:00I've read a few of her books under the alias o...I've read a few of her books under the alias of Hugh Desmond and they are brilliant to say the least. She has a writing style that I find really easy to follow and a way of keeping the readers attention throughout the book - the only thing about her books is that particular titles can be really hard to find which is pain when you want to read more of her works. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867579916180533505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-28547919321344845572017-08-19T16:52:11.485-04:002017-08-19T16:52:11.485-04:00Actually there was, at least according to the ever...Actually there was, at least according to the ever-trustfull Wikipedia, at least one other writer accusing Lindsay of plagiarising her work, that being Georgette Heyer, and if the article is to the believed that accusation refferenced plagiarisms from 8 different novels by Heyer.<br /><br />I don't own "Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller", but it does't seem unlikely D. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477842312277593447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-72916972748884805332012-07-13T18:18:59.719-04:002012-07-13T18:18:59.719-04:00Thanks for the review, John - sounds like she reac...Thanks for the review, John - sounds like she reached new levels of direness, but intriguing nevertheless! Fancy plagiarising Dennis Wheatley...James Doighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122814918462610034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-10218210804005859262012-07-13T14:39:40.896-04:002012-07-13T14:39:40.896-04:00Her biography and astonishingly prolific career ma...Her biography and astonishingly prolific career may be of interest to literary historians, but her actual writing is another thing altogether. As with many popular fiction writers who have a jaw-dropping output (John Creasey comes to mind) she repeated herself often and recycled her stories. In one case A PACT WITH THE DEVIL (Wright & Brown, 1952) by "Hugh Desmond" she may have evenJ F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com