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A TIMETABLE OF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF
GERVASE FEN
In the following table, I attempt to summarise the main events in the life of Gervase
Fen, as revealed by Edmund Crispin. Where a date is clearly stated, or clearly
determinable from evidence in the texts, this date is printed in Bold. I have also given
my basis for each stated date. All is, of course, subject to challenge.
| Month |
Year |
Event |
Surmise or evidence |
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1898 |
Fen Born |
Gilded Fly |
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1933 |
Fen married |
conjecture, see text |
| |
1935 |
Lacrimae Rerum |
Crispin |
| |
1936 |
The Two Sisters |
conjecture, see text |
| |
1937 |
The Lion’s Tooth |
conjecture, see text |
| |
1937 |
Fen made professor |
Buried For Pleasure |
| |
1937 |
Death and Aunt Fancy |
conjecture, see text |
| |
1938 |
Gladstone’s Candlestick |
conjecture, see text |
| Sept |
1938 |
Moving Toyshop |
Crispin |
| |
1939 |
Caxton's Folly Affair |
conjecture, see text |
| Sept |
1940 |
Holy Disorders |
Crispin |
| Oct |
1940 |
Gilded Fly |
Crispin |
| Jan |
1946 |
Swan Song |
conjecture, see text |
| June |
1947 |
Love Lies Bleeding |
Crispin |
| Sept |
1947 |
Buried For Pleasure |
Crispin |
| Nov |
1947 |
Quick Brown Fox |
Crispin |
| Aug |
1948 |
The Hunchback Cat |
Crispin |
| Mar |
1949 |
Frequent Hearses |
deduction, see text |
| April |
1949 |
The Golden Mean |
conjecture, see text |
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1949 |
A Pot of Paint |
conjecture, see text |
| June |
1950 |
The Long Divorce |
Crispin |
| Oct |
1950 |
Who Killed Baker(related by Fen) |
Crispin |
| July |
1951 |
Black for a Funeral |
Crispin |
| Aug |
1951 |
The Undraped Torso |
conjecture and deduction, see text |
| |
1951 |
Man Overboard |
Crispin |
| Sept |
1952 |
Drowning of Edgar Foley |
Crispin |
| |
1960 |
Fen made Dean of St Christopher’s |
conjecture |
| Oct? |
1962 |
The Mischief Done |
deduction, see text, and evidence of Pat Brenan, q.v. |
| Oct |
1977 |
Glimpses of the Moon |
Dated from The Mischief Done, 15
years later. |
Part 2: The Timeless Cases almost timed
| Month |
Year |
Event |
Evidence |
| |
50-52 |
The Little Room |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| Jan |
50-52 |
Beware of the Trains |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| Dec |
50-51 |
Name on the Window |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| |
50-52 |
Abhorred Shears |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| |
50-52 |
Within the Gates |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| Aug |
50-52 |
Humbleby Agonistes |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| Jul |
50-52 |
Express Delivery |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| Sept |
50-52 |
Otherwhere (Shot in the Dark) |
in Beware Trains, see text |
| |
52-53 |
Merry Go Round |
in Fen Country, see text |
| |
52-53 |
Wolf |
in Fen Country, see text |
| July |
52-55 |
The Man who lost his head |
in Fen Country, see text |
| Feb |
53-54 |
Dog in the Night-time |
in Fen Country, see text |
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53-55 |
Occupational Risk |
in Fen Country, see text |
| |
53-54 |
Blood Sport |
in Fen Country, see text |
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54-55 |
A Country to Sell |
in Fen Country, see text |
| |
54-55 |
Outrage in Stepney |
in Fen Country, see text |
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