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Albert Campion
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About This Series
The Albert Campion series, penned by the renowned British author Margery Allingham, is a cornerstone of the classic detective fiction genre. Featuring the charming and astute amateur sleuth Albert Campion, these novels transport readers to a world of intrigue, wit, and sophisticated mysteries, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century England. Allingham's distinctive style combines a rich narrative with a keen exploration of human psychology, making the series both engaging and thought-provoking.
What sets the Albert Campion series apart is its blend of humor and suspense, alongside themes of morality, class, and identity. Allingham skillfully crafts her plots, ensuring that every twist and turn keeps readers guessing until the very end. Ideal for fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, this series appeals to anyone who appreciates a well-constructed mystery infused with character depth and social commentary.
To fully appreciate the evolution of Campion and his adventures, it is recommended to read the books in order, starting with "The Crime at Black Dudley." This first installment introduces readers to the titular character and sets the stage for the intricate plotlines that follow. While the novels can be enjoyed independently, experiencing them in sequence enhances the reader's understanding of Campion's development and the overarching narrative.
Although no thought leaders on GurusReads have yet recommended the Albert Campion series, it's clear that this collection is a treasure trove for avid mystery enthusiasts and literary explorers alike. Fans of intelligent, character-driven stories will find themselves captivated by Allingham's unique storytelling, making this series a worthy addition to any bookshelf.
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Commencez par The Crime at Black Dudley
Livre 1 par Margery Allingham • Publié en 1929
At a country house weekend in the grim old mansion of Black Dudley, a harmless ritual with an ancient dagger turns deadly when the host is killed and gangsters seize control. Among the trapped guests, the seemingly fo...
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Livre 1:The Crime at Black Dudley
Margery Allingham • 1929
At a country house weekend in the grim old mansion of Black Dudley, a harmless ritual with an ancient dagger turns deadly when the host is killed and gangsters seize control. Among the trapped guests, the seemingly fo...
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Livre 2:Mystery Mile
Margery Allingham • 1930
American judge Crowdy Lobbett is marked for death by the shadowy Simister gang, even after he flees to England. Albert Campion spirits the family to isolated Mystery Mile on the Suffolk coast, where vanishing relative...
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Livre 3:Look to the Lady
Margery Allingham • 1931
Campion plucks young Val Gyrth off the London streets and escorts him home to protect an ancient family treasure, the Gyrth Chalice. In the Suffolk countryside, attempted theft, murder and local superstition collide,...
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Livre 4:La Maison des morts étranges
Margery Allingham • 1931
Lorsqu'un oncle désagréable disparaît d'un foyer oppressif de Cambridge, Campion est sollicité pour aider la nièce anxieuse. Bientôt, les corps s'accumulent au sein de la clan excentrique des Faraday, et Campion doit...
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Livre 5:Sweet Danger
Margery Allingham • 1933
A tiny Adriatic principality, Averna, suddenly becomes strategically vital, and rival claimants scramble for the rights. Campion travels to the village of Pontisbright to help the impoverished Fitton family prove thei...
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Livre 6:Death of a Ghost
Margery Allingham
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Livre 7:Flowers for the Judge
Margery Allingham • 1936
The venerable Barnabas publishing firm is rocked when director Paul Brande vanishes and then turns up dead, locked in the company strongroom. With another relative once having disappeared in broad daylight, Campion wa...
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Livre 8:The Case of the Late Pig
Margery Allingham • 1937
Campion narrates this case himself, beginning with the obituary of R. I. "Pig" Peters, a brutal school bully he buried months before. When Pig’s body turns up freshly murdered in a village, Campion faces a bizarre tan...
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Livre 9:Dancers in Mourning
Margery Allingham • 1937
Popular song and dance star Jimmy Sutane is plagued by cruel practical jokes as his new show opens. Called in by a mutual friend, Campion enters a theatrical household where old scandals, jealous understudies and a fa...
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Livre 10:The Fashion in Shrouds
Margery Allingham • 1938
When a long missing man’s skeleton is found, Campion’s investigation leads to glamorous actress Georgia Wells and to his sister Val, a fashion designer supplying Georgia’s stage wardrobe. As lovers, rivals and old sca...
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Livre 11:Traitor's Purse
Margery Allingham
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Livre 12:Pearls Before Swine
Margery Allingham • 1945
Coming home to London after years on secret war work, a weary Campion finds a dead woman dumped in his own flat. Reluctantly drawn in, he uncovers a trail linking her murder to missing art treasures and rare wine, cha...
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Livre 14:La Nuit du tigre
Margery Allingham
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Livre 15:The Beckoning Lady
Margery Allingham • 1955
Back in the Suffolk village of Pontisbright, Campion hopes for a lazy summer while his friends Minnie and Tonker Cassand prepare an extravagant garden party. When a body turns up on their land and the tax authorities...
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Livre 16:Hide My Eyes
Margery Allingham
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Livre 17:The China Governess
Margery Allingham • 1962
On the eve of an elopement, wealthy Timothy Kinnit learns he was adopted as a wartime baby and that ugly rumours cling to his unknown origins. With his future in doubt, Campion digs into the history of the bomb blaste...
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Livre 18:Les Détecteurs de pensée
Margery Allingham • 1965
Campion et sa femme Amanda emmènent leur neveu écolier et son cousin intelligent visiter une île de recherche reculée sur la côte est. Quand un garçon disparaît et que des figures ombreuses convoitent un nouvel appare...
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Livre 19:Cargo of Eagles
Margery Allingham • 1968
The Essex village of Saltey, long a haunt of smugglers, is seething with bikers, poison pen letters and rumours of a demon in the marshes. Campion sends young American researcher Mortimer Kelsey to stay there, hoping...
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Livre 20:Mr. Campion's Farthing
Margery Allingham • 1969
At the fusty Inglewood Turrets hotel in north London, a minor Russian diplomat vanishes, leaving only his code name, Farthing, and a whiff of Cold War intrigue. Campion and his adult son Rupert pick through eccentric...
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Livre 21:Mr. Campion's Quarry
Margery Allingham • 1970
When an archaeologist dies suddenly and his maverick geologist colleague disappears, Campion suspects their remote quarry in the countryside hides more than fossils. Murder, kidnapping and a potential fortune buried i...
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Livre 22:Mr. Campion's Farewell
Mike Ripley • 2014
Albert Campion is drawn to the tightly controlled village of Lindsay Carfax, where a series of bizarre "nine days" incidents hides something far more calculated. As he probes the town’s secretive rulers, quaint tradit...
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Livre 23:Mr. Campion's Fox
Mike Ripley • 2015
Asked to discreetly watch over a Danish ambassador’s headstrong daughter and her dubious boyfriend, Albert Campion enlists his actor son Rupert. When the couple vanish and a body surfaces in a lagoon, a simple family...
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Livre 24:Mr. Campion's Fault
Mike Ripley • 2016
When Rupert Campion is arrested while coaching rugby at a Yorkshire boys’ school, Albert heads north to clear his son’s name. In a close‑knit mining village he untangles a master’s suspicious death, ghost stories and...
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Livre 25:Mr. Campion's Abdication
Mike Ripley • 2017
Playing adviser to a glamorous Italian film crew in Suffolk, Albert Campion revisits an old archaeological dig once visited by Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. Rumours of an "Abdication treasure" still haunt the villag...
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Livre 26:Mr Campion's War
Mike Ripley • 2018
On his seventieth birthday, Albert Campion finally tells the story of a clandestine mission that sent him into occupied France during the war. His recollection of gangsters, double agents and betrayal shows how one da...
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Livre 27:Mr Campion's Visit
Mike Ripley • 2019
In 1970 Albert Campion returns to Black Dudley, now part of a new university, as its official Visitor. When a charismatic professor researching mineral deposits is stabbed on campus, Campion must untangle academic pol...
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Livre 28:Mr Campion's Seance
Mike Ripley • 2020
A Soho club owner is shot in circumstances uncannily predicted by a best‑selling detective novel written months before. As further crimes echo fiction over the next two decades, Albert Campion and his police friends h...
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Livre 29:Mr Campion's Coven
Mike Ripley • 2021
A Soho club owner is shot in circumstances uncannily predicted by a best‑selling detective novel written months before. As further crimes echo fiction over the next two decades, Albert Campion and his police friends h...
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Livre 30:Mr. Campion's Wings
Mike Ripley • 2022
When Lady Amanda Campion is arrested under the Official Secrets Act during a Cambridge ceremony, Albert is forced to take an interest in her hush‑hush Goshawk aircraft project. A horrific "accident" in the hangar poin...
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Quel est le meilleur ordre pour lire la série Albert Campion ?
L'ordre de lecture recommandé est l'ordre numéroté affiché sur cette page, en commençant par The Crime at Black Dudley.
Combien de livres y a-t-il dans la série Albert Campion ?
Il y a 30 livres actuellement répertoriés dans la série Albert Campion sur GurusReads.
Par où dois-je commencer la série Albert Campion ?
Les nouveaux lecteurs devraient commencer par The Crime at Black Dudley, le premier livre de l'ordre de lecture.
La série Albert Campion est-elle terminée ?
D'après les années de publication dont nous disposons, la série semble probablement terminée et s'étend sur des publications allant de 1929 to 2022.