Джон Род

# Джон Род Сесил Джон Чарльз Стрит — британский военный и автор детективных романов, наиболее известный под псевдонимом Джон Род. Сесил Джон Чарльз Стрит ( англ. Cecil John Charles Street ; 3 мая 1884 — 8 декабря 1964) — британский военный и автор детективных романов, наиболее известный под псевдонимом Джон Род ( англ. John Rhode ). Был известен своим коллегам, семье и друзьям как Джон Стрит, начал свою военную карьеру в качестве офицера артиллерии британской армии. В ходе Первой мировой войны он стал пропагандистом МИ-7, в роли которого занимал звание майора . После окончания войны он чередовал Дублин и Лондон во время ирландской войны за независимость в качестве информационного офицера Дублинского замка, тесно сотрудничая с Лайонелом Кертисом [англ.] (1872—1955). Позже он зарабатывал на жизнь как плодовитый автор детективных романов и был членом Детективного Клуба с самого его основания в 1930 году. ## Биография Сесил Джон Чарльз Стрит родился 3 мая 1884 года. Стрит скрывал на протяжении всей жизни тщательно скрывал факты своей биографии, но известно, что он родился в Гибралтаре и, возможно, учился в государственной школе в Беркшире и, возможно, в колледже Веллингтона. Награждён Военным Крестом и Орденом Британской Империи ( OBE ). Был женат на Айлин Уоллер. Умер 8 декабря 1964 года в возрасте 80 лет в Истборне (по другим данным писатель умер в январе 1965 года в Сифорде , Льюис ). ## Творчество Джон Стрит выпустил две объемные серии романов: одна под именем Джон Род, в большинстве из которых фигурировал ученый доктор Пристли ; другая под именем Майлз Бертон (англ. Miles Burton), в большинстве из которых фигурировал отставной морской офицер Десмонд Меррион (англ. Desmond Merrion). Так же писал под псевдонимом Сесил Уэй (англ. Cecil Waye). Романы о докторе Пристли были одними из первых после доктора Торндайка , чтобы представить расследование в детективе как научные анализы , такие, как, к примеру, анализ грязи на обуви подозреваемого. Десмонд Меррион был детективом-любителем, работающим с инспектором Скотленд-Ярда Арнольдом. Критик и писатель Джулиан Симонс сказал о Джоне Роде как о выдающемся члене скучной школы детективной литературы. «Большинство из них поздно начали писать художественную литературу, и лишь немногие обладали большим талантом к ней. У них были некоторые навыки в создании головоломок, не более, и по иронии судьбы они писали гораздо лучше, чем С. С. Ван Дайн его изречение, что детективная история должным образом относится к категории загадок или кроссвордов. Большинство из них были британцами, и среди наиболее известных из них был майор Джон Стрит…» . Однако мнение Симонса не помешало книгам Стрита стать очень востребованными лишь для коллекционеров (многие из ранних книг могут потребовать высоких цен). Жак Барзун и Уэнделл Хертиг Тейлор в своем « Каталоге преступлений [англ.] » предлагают Симонсу другую точку зрения, в частности, восхваляя несколько книг Рода, хотя они рассматривают лишь небольшую часть из более чем 140 романов, написанных Стритом. ## Библиография ### Как John Rhode - The Paddington Mystery (1925) - Dr. Priestley’s Quest (1926) - The Ellerby Case (1927) - The Murders in Praed Street (1928) - Tragedy at the Unicorn (1928) - The House on Tollard Ridge (1929). (On first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - The Davidson Case (1929) (U.S. title Murder at Bratton Grange ; on first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - Peril at Cranbury Hall (1930) - Pinehurst (1930) (U.S. title Dr. Priestley Investigates ; on first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - Tragedy on the Line (1931). (On first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - The Hanging Woman (1931) - Mystery at Greycombe Farm (1932) (U.S. title The Fire at Greycombe Farm ; on first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - Dead Men at the Folly (1932) - The Motor Rally Mystery (1933) (U.S. title Dr. Priestley Lays a Trap ; on its publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - The Claverton Mystery (1933) (U.S. title The Claverton Affair ) - The Venner Crime (1933) - The Robthorne Mystery (1934) When one of the Robthorne twins commits suicide, there is a question over which one it is and whether it was suicide or murder. - Poison for One (1934) - Shot at Dawn (1934) - The Corpse in the Car (1935) Dr. Priestley solves how Lady Misterton was killed whilst sitting, alone, in her car. Supt Hanslet attempts to track down her killer. - Hendon’s First Case (1935). (In first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - Mystery at Olympia (1935) (U.S. title Murder at the Motor Show ) - Death at Breakfast (1936) - In Face of the Verdict (1936) (U.S. title In the Face of the Verdict ) - Death in the Hop Fields (1937) (U.S. title The Harvest Murder ) - Death on the Board (1937) (U.S. title Death Sits on the Board ) - Proceed with Caution (1937) (U.S. title Body Unidentified ) - Invisible Weapons (1938) - The Bloody Tower (1938) (U.S. title The Tower of Evil ) — Inspector Waghorn identifies a ruthless murderer and solves a set of clues to the whereabouts of long-hidden treasure - Death Pays a Dividend (1939) - Death on Sunday (1939) (U.S. title The Elm Tree Murder ) - Death on the Boat Train (1940) - Murder at Lilac Cottage (1940) - Death at the Helm (1941) - They Watched by Night (1941) (U.S. title Signal For Death ) - The Fourth Bomb (1942) - Dead on the Track (1943) - Men Die at Cyprus Lodge (1943) - Death Invades the Meeting (1944) - Vegetable Duck (1944) (U.S. title Too Many Suspects ) - Bricklayer’s Arms (1945) (U.S. title Shadow of a Crime ) (Dr. Priestley plays only a minor role in this book, all the actual detection being done by Inspector Waghorn) - The Lake House (1946) (U.S. title Secret of the Lake House ) - Death in Harley Street (1946) - Nothing But the Truth (1947) (U.S. title Experiment in Crime ) - Death of an Author (1947) - The Paper Bag (1948) (U.S. title The Links in the Chain ) - Up the Garden Path (1949) (U.S. title The Fatal Garden ) - The Telephone Call (1949) (U.S. title Shadow of an Alibi ) - Blackthorn House (1949) - Family Affairs (1950) (U.S. title The Last Suspect ) - The Two Graphs (1950) (U.S. title Double Identities ) - The Secret Meeting (1951) - Dr. Goodwood’s Locum (1951) (U.S. title The Affair of the Substitute Doctor ) - Death at the Dance (1952) - Death in Wellington Road (1952) - Death at the Inn (1953) (U.S. title The Case of the Forty Thieves ) - By Registered Post (1953) (U.S. title The Mysterious Suspect ) - Death on the Lawn (1954) - The Dovebury Murders (1954) - Death of a Godmother (1955) (U.S. title Delayed Payment ) - The Domestic Agency (1955) (U.S. title Grave Matters ; on first publication in the U.S. the novel was promoted as being by C J C Street) - An Artist Dies (1956) (U.S. title Death of an Artist ) - Open Verdict (1956) - Death of a Bridegroom (1957) - Robbery With Violence (1957) - Death Takes a Partner (1958) - Licensed For Murder (1958) - Murder at Derivale (1958). (On first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) - Three Cousins Die (1959) - The Fatal Pool (1960) - Twice Dead (1960) - The Vanishing Diary (1961) - A.S.F.: The Story of a Great Conspiracy (1924) (U.S. title The White Menace ) - The Double Florin (1924) - The Alarm (1925) - Mademoiselle From Armentieres (1927) - Drop to His Death (1939) (U.S. title Fatal Descent ; on its first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being solely by C J C Street)rr - Night Exercise (1942) (U.S. title Dead of the Night ). - The Case of Constance Kent - The Elusive Bullet . Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror — Second Series, Ed. Dorothy L Sayers, 1931 (Dr. Priestley story). Reprinted: Bodies from the Library. Ed. Tony Medawar, 2018 - The Vanishing Diamond . The Great Book of Thrillers. Ed. H. Douglas Thomson, 1935 (Dr. Priestley story) - The Yellow Sphere . Sunday Dispatch , 3 April 1938 - The Purple Line . Evening Standard , 20 January 1950. Reprinted: Evening Standard Detective Book, 1950 (Inspector Purley story) - Constance Kent , included in The Anatomy of Murder, Bodley Head, 1936 - Why People Like Detective Stories . The Listener, 2 October 1935 - Unsolved Mysteries No. 6: Solution to the «Mystery of the Murdered Lieutenant» . The Star, 1938 - Dr. Priestley , BBC Empire Service, talk as part of the series 'Meet the Detective', 1935 - The Strange Affair at the Old Dutch Mill , play featuring Inspector Jimmy Waghorn, BBC National Programme, 7 October 1938, as part of the series 'What Happened at 8:20?" - Death Travels First , two-part play featuring Inspector Jimmy Waghorn, BBC Home Service, 2 and 9 July 1940 as part of a series of plays by members of the Detection Club - Thoughts of a Detective Story Writer , BBC National Programme, 7, 14, 21 and 28 September 1935 ### Как Miles Burton - The Secret of High Eldersham (1930) (aka The Mystery of High Eldersham ) - The Menace on the Downs (1931) - The Three Crimes (1931) - Death of Mr. Gantley (1932) - Fate at the Fair (1933) - Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole (1933) - Death at the Crossroads (1933) - To Catch A Thief (1934) - The Charabanc Mystery (1934) - The Devereux Court Mystery (1935) - The Milk Churn Murder (1935) (U.S. title The Clue of the Silver Brush ) - Where is Barbara Prentice? (1936) (U.S. title The Clue of the Silver Cellar ) - Death in the Tunnel (1936) (U.S. title Dark Is the Tunnel ) - Murder of a Chemist (1936) - Death at the Club (1937) (U.S. title The Clue of the Fourteen Keys ) - Murder in Crown Passage (1937) (U.S. title The Man with the Tattooed Face ) - Death at Low Tide (1938) - The Platinum Cat (1938) - Mr. Babbacombe Dies (1939) - Death Leaves No Card (1939) - Mr. Westerby Missing (1940) - Murder in the Coalhole (1940) (U.S. title Written in Dust ) - Death Takes a Flat (1940) (U.S. title Vacancy With Corpse ) - Up The Garden Path (1941) (U.S. title Death Visits Downspring ) - Death of Two Brothers (1941) - This Undesirable Residence (1942) (U.S. title Death at Ash House ) - Dead Stop (1943) - Murder M.D. (1943) (U.S. title Who Killed the Doctor? ) - Four-Ply Yarn (1944) (U.S. title The Shadow on the Cliff ) - The Three Corpse Trick (1944) - Early Morning Murder (1945) (U.S. title Accidents Do Happen ) - Not A Leg to Stand On (1945) - The Cat Jumps (1946) - Situation Vacant (1946) -Two secretaries for Alys Whyttington die within months of each other. Arnold, Merrion and local confidant Mr Clipsham investigate the deaths and the mysterious past of Mrs Whyttington. - Heir to Lucifer (1947) - A Will in the Way (1947) - Devil’s Reckoning (1948) - Death in Shallow Water (1948) - Death Takes the Living (1949) (U.S. title The Disappearing Parson ) - Look Alive (1949) - Ground for Suspicion (1950) - A Village Afraid (1950) - Beware Your Neighbour (1951) - Murder Out of School (1951) - Murder on Duty (1952) - Heir to Murder (1953) - Something to Hide (1953) - Murder in Absence (1954) - Unwanted Corpse (1954) - A Crime in Time (1955) - Murder Unrecognized (1955) - Death in a Duffle Coat (1956) - Found Drowned (1956) - The Chinese Puzzle (1957) - The Moth-Watch Murder (1957) - Bones in the Brickfield (1958) - Death Takes a Detour (1958) - Return from the Dead (1959) - A Smell of Smoke (1960) - Legacy of Death (1960) - Death Paints a Picture (1960) - The Hardway Diamonds Mystery (1930) - Murder at the Moorings (1932) ### Как Cecil Waye - Murder at Monk’s Barn (1931) - The Figure of Eight (1931) - The End of the Chase (1932) - The Prime Minister’s Pencil (1933) ### Как F.O.O. (Forward Observation Officer) - The Worldly Hope (Eveleigh Nash Company), 1917, a war novel. - With the Guns (Eveleigh Nash Company), 1916 - The Making of a Gunner , 1916 ### Как I.O. (Intelligence Officer) - The Administration of Ireland, 1920, 1921 at Internet Archive ### Как C. J. C. Street - Ireland in 1921 , 1922 Full text at Internet Archive - Hungary and Democracy , 1923 Full text at Internet Archive - Rhineland and Ruhr , Alfred Couldray, 1923 - East of Prague , 1924 Limited view at Google Books - The Treachery of France , 1924 Limited view at Google Books - Lord Reading , 1928 Limited view at Google Books - President Masaryk Bles, 1930 - Vauban, Builder of Fortresses , by Daniel Halvey, translated with notes, 1929 - The Life and Voyages of Captain Cook , by Maurice Thiery, translated with notes, 1929 - A Quiet Night Watch . Launceston Examiner, 4 January 1918 - The Duel . Hobart Mercury, 8 January 1918 - Paying a Morning Call . New Zealand Times, 14 January 1918 - An Airman’s Evening . Oamaru Mail, 18 January 1918 - Ending a Nuisance . Taranaki Herald, 21 January 1918 - A Night Alarm . Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate, 30 January 1918 - The Sacrifice . Townsville Daily Bulletin, 18 February 1918 - Running the Gauntlet . Hobart Daily Post, 22 February 1918 - The Counter Attack . Taranaki Herald, 26 February 1918 - Gunner Morson, Signaller . Trench and Camp (Camp Logan Edition), 11 March 1918 - Ready for Action, Sir . Launceston Examiner, 12 April 1918 - An Overhaul . Sydney World’s News, 13 April 1918 - Getting the Wind Up . War Supplement for Week Ending 27 April 1918 - Stuck in the Mud . Chicago Tribune, 2 June 1918 - An Unexpected Shot . Melbourne Age, 20 July 1918 - Under Fire . Feilding Star, 29 July 1918. Reprinted; Taranaki Herald, 1 August 1918 - The Thick of It . Leeds Mercury, 14 August 1918 - Not a Blank . Leeds Mercury, 21 August 1918 - The Watcher . (Washington) Sunday Star, 25 August 1918 - On the High Seas . Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction, September 1920 - TITLE UNKNOWN . Lloyd’s Story Magazine, September 1922 — Not confirmed - The Ship’s Doctor . Sea Stories, 5 October 1923 - TITLE UNKNOWN . Every Week Illustrated. 18 April 1914 — Not confirmed - The Time of Waiting: Synchronising Watches . Perth Daily News, 7 June 1917 - Gives Mask to Girl and Dies . Indianapolis Star, 9 December 1917 - The Artillery Signaller . [Brisbane] Telegraph, 29 December 1917 - A New Army Battery: The Making of a Gunner . Brisbane Courier, 1 January 1918 - The Artillery Duel . West Australian, 1 January 1918 - On the Flank of the Battle . Melbourne Leader, 12 January 1918 - On the High Seas . Taranaki Herald, 18 January 1918 - A Combined Shoot . National Advocate, 31 January 1918 - The Equipment of a Battery . Oamaru Times, 2 February 1918 - The Heavy Artillery Chaplain . Taranaki Herald, 22 February 1918 - Artillery Registration . Newcastle Journal, 25 February 1918 - Gunners and Their Targets . Leeds Mercury, 2 March 1918 - Barrage . Straits Times, 6 March 1918. - Supplying in the Field . Straits Times, 12 March 1918 - Cambrai . New Zealand Times, 12 March 1918 - In a German Gun-Pit . Taranaki Herald, 20 March 1918 - The Hedjaz Railway . Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate, 2 April 1918 - Mechanical Transport . New Zealand Herald, 6 April 1918 - Armentieres . Wilmington Morning News, 6 April 1918 - The Paris Long Range Gun . Leeds Mercury, 8 April 1918 - Artillery in War . Melbourne Age, 13 January 1918 - Reaping the Whirlwind . Straits Times, 15 April 1918 - Watching a Shoot . Every Week Illustrated, 18 April 1918 - Rifle First and Last . Coventry Evening Telegraph, 20 April 1918 - Arabian Campaign Operations of the Arabs . Launceston Daily Telegraph, 20 April 1918 - When Gas Ceases to be Deadly . Lincolnshire Echo, 22 April 1918 - How Guns Move Forward . Darling Downs Gazette, 22 April 1918 - Muscle and Brain . Daily Record, Monday 22 April 1918 - Constructional Material in the Field . Oamaru Mail, 22 April 1918 - The Hedjaz Railway . Taranaki Herald, 25 April 1918 - Artillery Ammunition . Nelson Evening Mail, 26 April 1918 - Importance of Amiens . Northern Whig, 27 April 1918 - Before the Dawn . Taranaki Herald, 27 April 1918 - The Fall of Jericho . Taranaki Herald, 27 April 1918 - The 'Number One' . Mainland Daily Mercury, 27 April 1918 - Physical Training . Leeds Mercury, 29 April 1918 - Austria’s Next War . Maryborough Chronicle, 3 May 1918 - The 'Number One': The Day’s Work of an Artillery Sergeant . Brisbane Courier, 7 May 1918 - A Junker’s Boastings . Tamworth Daily Observer, 8 May 1918 - Artillery in Modern War . Perth Daily News, 13 May 1918 - The Right-of-Way . Dominion, 14 May 1918 - A Forgotten Project . Dominion, 14 May 1918 - Spying out the Land . Perth Western Mail, 17 May 1918 - The Tail of the Convoy . Taranaki Herald, 29 May 1918 - The Preliminary Bombardment . Melbourne Age, 1 June 1918 - Artillery Training . Taranaki Herald, 4 June 1918 - The Musketeers: The Tale of Their Adventures in France . Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate, 4 June 1918 - The Line of Fire . Evening Star, 7 June 1918 - Artillery Ammunition, The Food of the Guns: How It Is Made . Bowen Independent, 8 June 1918 - Mechanical Transport in War'. Singapore Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser, 8 June 1918 - Directing the Guns: How a Barrage is Controlled . Launceston Examiner, 10 June 1918 - Towards the Front: How the Battery Goes up . Maryborough Chronicle, 13 June 1918 - Artillery Registration . Straits Times, 15 June 1918 - The Line of Fire: Modern Gunnery Methods . Launceston Daily Telegraph, 15 June 1918 - Modern Gunnery . Malaya Tribune, 18 June 1918 - British Forces in Italy, Their Important Task: Italian Chivalry . Ballarat Star, 27 June 1918 - Slave of the Guns . Sydney World’s News, 29 June 1918 - Long Range Artillery . Cornhill Magazine, July 1918 - Artillery Training: The New Battery’s First Days in Framce . Ballarat Star, 13 July 1918 - Bombarded French City: Reims before the War, Its Former Attractions . Ballarat Star, 15 July 1918 - The Day of Assault: What the Barrage Means . Launceston Daily Telegraph, 18 July 1918 - War Shows Need of Long Forgotten Euphrates Road . Lincoln Star, 21 July 1918 - In the Background: The Training of Personnel . Adelaide Daily Herald, 7 August 1918 - The Day of Assault . Evening Post, 28 August 1918 - Side-Lines in Munition . Doninion, 15 August 1918 - The Time of Waiting . Dominion, 27 August 1918 - On the Highway . Pictorial Supplement for Week Ending 31 August 1918 - The Bombing School: Modern Methods of Training . Adelaide Journal, 31 August 1918 - Big Guns in Hiding . Auckland Star, 31 August 1918 - My Billet . Pictorial Supplement for Week Ending 6 September 1918 - War Clearly Proved Artillery Value . (Wilmington) Daily Journal, 21 September 1918. Street’s original title was 'Counter Battery Work' - ' The Mad English': Guy Fawke’s Day . Adelaide Journal, 21 September 1918 - The Liberty Columns . Dominion, 24 September 1918 - Railways and Their Importance in War . Windsor Magazine , September 1918 - Directing the Guns . Windsor Magazine , October 1918 - Behind the Front: A Morning Drive in France . Hobart Mercury, 28 October 1918 - My Billet . Hobart Mercury, 29 October 1918 - A Prisoner of War Camp: The Link with Napoleonic War . Hobart Mercury, 29 October 1918 - Munitions of War . Auckland Star, 2 November 1918 - Destroying the Tower, a Risky Job: American Artillery Scores . Grafton Argus & Clavener River General Advertiser, 4 November 1918 - Education at the Front . Melbourne Age, 7 November 1918 - At the Crossroads . Melbourne Age, 9 November 1918 - Artillery Training: The Telephonists . Hobart Mercury, 9 November 1918 - Active Service Army Schools . Sydney World’s News, 9 November 1918 - Kite Balloon Section’s Experience in Big Run . Richmond Times-Dispatch, 15 November 1918 - The Value of the French Railway System in the War . Toodyay Herald, 23 November 1918 - In the Background: The Repairs of Material . Hobart Mercury, 28 November 1918 - Behind the Front . Boston Globe, 5 January 1919 - Propaganda behind the Lines , Cornhill Magazine, November 1919 - Transport Problems and Reconstruction . Windsor Magazine , December 1919 - Fuel and Power . Windsor Magazine , March 1920 - The Fuel Problem and the Near Future . Tambellup Times, 14 April 1920 - The Wireless Telephone and the Development of Modern Communications . Windsor Magazine , June 1920 - Slovak Peasant Art , Illustrated Review, August 1923 - Railways of Czechoslovakia . The Railway Gazette , 14 December 1923 - Slovakia Past and Present . Illustrated Review [Not confirmed], 1923 - Eastward through Czechoslovakia . Illustrated Review [Not confirmed], 1923 - In the Land of the Ruthvenes . Illustrated Review [Not confirmed], 1924 - Prelate Chancellor . Daily Mail, Date unknown. Reprinted: Otago Daily Times, 6 August 1924 ## Примечания