E. C. Bentley: The Father of the Clerihew - Episode 56

The English writer Edmund Clerihew Bentley, born in 1875, began his career as a newspaper journalist before publishing several books of poetry and writing a number of novels – and he was good at it. 

His best-known novel, Trent’s Last Case, contains such mystifying plotting and thoughtfully written story twists that it is considered the first modern mystery novel. 

But, as you are about to learn, Edmund Clerihew Bentley is not remembered these days for his detective stories, but for an unusual poetic art form that has come to be known as a “Clerihew,” in honor of his middle name.

Stories from History’s Dust Bin is a 3-volume set of historical short stories. These are the nuggets of gold that had fallen by the wayside… the little known and unusual.  Many of these gems were destined to be forever lost until they were collected, dusted off and brought back to life by author Wayne Winterton.

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