Anne Perry Trivia

1. From what famous war poem by John McCrae does this novel, "We Shall Not Sleep", draw its title?

From Quiz We Shall Not Sleep

Answer: In Flanders Fields

On the morning of May 2nd 1915, Canadian officer Alexis Helmer was killed in the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. His friend John McCrae was a doctor in the Canadian Army, and was so moved by his friend's death that he wrote this famous poem. It was first published in "Punch" magazine, December 1915. Two years later, McCrae himself was dead too, succumbing not to a bomb or a bullet, but to pneumonia - one of the most common causes of death in the trenches of the First World War. This is the poem he wrote for his friend; "In Flanders Fields" "In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields."

From Quiz Anne Perry's "The Twisted Root"

Answer: Treadwell

Treadwell's body was found a few miles away from his abandoned coach but in a neighborhood he knew well. He died of one hard blow to his head from behind.

From Quiz A Sudden, Fearful Death

Answer: She wanted to discover who assaulted her sister, Marianne.

Marianne Gillespie, Julia Penrose's seventeen-year old sister, had said that a strange man had molested her while she was painting alone in the summerhouse. Mrs. Penrose wanted Monk to make discreet inquires and find out the man's identity. When Monk discovered it wasn't a stranger that attacked Marianne, Julia's safe world was shattered.

From Quiz The Sins Of The Wolf

Answer: On the train going to London

Mrs. Farraline, the elderly matriarch of a Scottish publishing family, was travelling by train from Edinburgh to London, England, to see her daughter. All nurse Hester Latterly had to do was to make sure that Mrs. Farraline took her medicine twice a day. When the train arrived in London, Hester discovered that Mrs. Farraline had died during the night.

From Quiz Anne Perry Mysteries

Answer: Oliver Rathbone

Sir Oliver Rathbone occasionally required the assistance of Mr. Monk as well, in such stories as "A Breach of Promise" and "Weighed in the Balance".

From Quiz We Shall Not Sleep

Answer: Murder

Juliet Marion Hulme was born in Blackheath in London in 1938. She moved to New Zealand in 1951, when her father took the post of Rector of the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch. In June 1954, Juliet together with her friend Pauline Parker, murdered Honora Rieper (Pauline's mother). The motivations for the killing appeared to be based on the strange fantasy world that the two schoolfriends had concocted for themselves. It was also tied in with the fact that Juliet's parents were separating, with the likelihood that Juliet would be sent abroad, away from Pauline. It was a brutal and frenzied killing, with Honora Rieper being hit at least 45 times by a brick in a stocking which the girls had bought with them to commit the crime. They were found guilty of murder, and only their youth saved them from the death penalty. Instead, they were ordered to be held in jail "at Her Majesty's Pleasure". Both were released five years later, on the condition that they never made contact with each other ever again. Juliet eventually moved to Scotland, where she set up home with her own mother. In 1979, she published her first novel under the name "Anne Perry". Her story was the basis for Peter Jackson's 1995 film, "Heavenly Creatures", starring Kate Winslet as Juliet Hulme.

From Quiz Anne Perry's "The Twisted Root"

Answer: The front path to Cleo Anderson's house

The police realized that this person had crawled a long distance with a severe head injury because his hands and knees were bloodied and scraped.

From Quiz A Sudden, Fearful Death

Answer: Laundry chute

Nurse Prudence Barrymore had been strangled and then her body was shoved down into the laundry chute.

From Quiz The Sins Of The Wolf

Answer: Lady Callandra Daviot's house

Hester took a hansom cab straight from the train station to the London house of her friend, Lady Callandra Daviot. Hester was badly shaken by the death of Mrs. Farraline, who she genuinely liked, and by having to break the news to Griselda Murdoch, Mrs. Farraline's pregnant daughter.

From Quiz Anne Perry Mysteries

Answer: The Cater Street Hangman

It is in this novel that Pitt first meets his future wife, Charlotte, when one of her family's maids is murdered.

From Quiz We Shall Not Sleep

Answer: 5

All of the novels are set in or around the various Battles of Ypres. Altogether, there were five Battles of Ypres during WW1. They were; First Battle of Ypres (October 19 - November 22, 1914) - with almost 200,000 casualties from both sides. Second Battle of Ypres (April 22 - May 15, 1915) - almost 100,000 deaths and injuries were suffered. Third Battle of Ypres (July 31 - November 6, 1917) - this Battle is also known as Passchendaele - the most brutal and costly of all the battles, where the total of dead and wounded from all sides was close to 1 million casualties. The Fourth Battle of Ypres was actually a series of battles which took place around Ypres from the 9 - 29 April 1918; these battles included the Battle of the Lys, the Battle of Estaires, the Battle of Hazebrouck and the Battle of Mount Kemmel. The Fifth and final Battle of Ypres, which features in our book, was actually a series of skirmishes, with the Allies finally forcing the German forces to retreat from Flanders for good. These actions took place between September 28 and October 2, 1918.

From Quiz Anne Perry's "The Twisted Root"

Answer: Lucius Stourbridge

Lucius Stourbridge was several years younger than Miriam Gardiner and very rich, but they loved each other deeply.

From Quiz A Sudden, Fearful Death

Answer: Dr. Kristian Beck

A young girl that worked at the hospital was sent sliding down the laundry chute to dislodge whatever was blocking it. The body of Prudence Barrymore shot out of the chute, landed in a pile of dirty linens, with the now shrieking girl right behind her. Dr. Kristian Beck was standing beside Lady Callandra when the body came down.

From Quiz The Sins Of The Wolf

Answer: They thought Hester had stolen Mary's pearl and diamond brooch.

Hester had no idea how Mrs. Farraline's gray pearl and diamond brooch got into her bag. After the police discovered that Mrs. Farraline had died of an overdose of her heart medicine, the theft of the brooch seemed the perfect motive for murder.

From Quiz We Shall Not Sleep

Answer: Ambulance driver

Cars were not particularly commonplace during the time of the First World War - therefore, not many people were actually able to drive a vehicle. In the main, only the wealthy could afford cars. Prior to the introduction of motor vehicles, the main mode of transport across land would have been on a train - and for a number of reasons, it was not considered "proper" for a young lady to travel alone on a train. Therefore the introduction of the motor car was an extremely liberating invention for women - it allowed them a lot more freedom to travel, as they could suddenly do so without accompaniment. As a result, at the outbreak of war, many "better off" young women were able to drive vehicles. Many of them (and estimates are in the thousands) volunteered for work as Ambulance Drivers in various theatres of War. Judith Reavley fits this profile perfectly, and hence her employment as an Ambulance Driver on the Western Front makes perfect sense. Famous literary figures who saw service as Ambulance Drivers during the war include Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, E.E. Cummings, Somerset Maugham, Robert Service (writer of Yukon poetry - the most famous of which is "The Shooting of Dan McGrew"), and Charles Nordhoff, who co-authored "Mutiny On the Bounty".

From Quiz Anne Perry's "The Twisted Root"

Answer: To give to the poor and dying people in her neighborhood.

As a nurse her conscience couldn't allow her to see these people suffering for want of money to buy medicines. She stole it and gave it to them, never taking any money.

From Quiz The Sins Of The Wolf

Answer: He was helping to build the murder case against Hester.

William Monk, an ex-policeman turned private investigator, had lost much of his memory in a carriage accident, but he still had his razor sharp wits. If anyone could help Hester, it was Monk. He knew the Farraline family would not help him if they knew he was working to prove that Hester was innocent. Instead, Monk told them that he was an investigator for the prosecution.

From Quiz We Shall Not Sleep

Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm II

Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor or Kaiser. He was also king of Prussia. He was born in Berlin on 27 January 1859, the eldest child of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Victoria, Queen Victoria's daughter. After a period of military service, Wilhelm married Augusta Victoria in 1881, who was the princess of Schleswig-Holstein. They had seven children in all. Wilhelm's father succeeded to the German throne in 1888 as Frederick III. He died that same year though, and Wilhelm became Kaiser of Germany at the age of 29. He had strong militarist tendencies, and strengthened the German Army and Navy considerably. This alienated Britain, and this was further exacerbated when he supported the Boers in South Africa in their fight against the British. However, he maintained a particular fondness for his grandmother, Queen Victoria of England, throughout her reign as monarch. After Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914, Wilhelm supported Austria in its struggle against Serbia. He probably didn't realize the knock-on effect this would have, bringing Russia and her allies Britain and France to war against Germany and Austria. America's full scale entry into the war in 1918 exacerbated Germany's exhausted resources, which led to Germany's ultimate military collapse in 1919. As a result of Germany's defeat, Wilhelm was forced to abdicate and he was exiled to the Netherlands. The victorious allies unsuccessfully tried to extradite and try him for war crimes. When Hitler rose to power in the 1930s, Wilhelm harboured hopes of being restored to the throne for some while, but this didn't happen. He died on 4 June 1941.

From Quiz Anne Perry's "The Twisted Root"

Answer: Michael Robb

Michael Robb took good care of his grandfather. Michael was also the local police sergeant where Treadwell's body was found, and was in charge of the murder investigation.

From Quiz A Sudden, Fearful Death

Answer: They both had been nurses with Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War.

Until Miss Florence Nightingale took her nurses to the Crimea, nursing was not considered an occupation for respectable women. Even after the Crimean War, it was still a struggle for these dedicated women, when they returned home, to find meaningful employment. Medicine was considered a lofty profession that only men were thought to be suited for and a hospital nurse's life was an endless round of menial tasks. Hester, like Prudence Barrymore, was raised a gentlewoman, and they met during the Crimean War. Hester agreed to take a nursing post at the Royal Free Hospital and help Monk investigate Prudence's murder.

From Quiz Anne Perry Mysteries

Answer: a walking stick

William Monk had lost his memory in an accident, and in the process of solving a murder case remembered that "He had been in Grey's flat that night, and something had happened after which he hed gone in such haste he had left his stick in the stand behind him . . . and then barely a few miles away, met with an accident which had robbed him of his life, and Monk of all memory".

From Quiz We Shall Not Sleep

Answer: A French cargo ship accidentally exploded in Canada

The city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc on December 6th 1917. The Mont Blanc was a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, and it accidentally collided in with a Norwegian ship, the SS Imo in Halifax Harbour. There were were over 11,000 casualties, with more than 2,000 killed by debris, fires, or collapsed buildings. This is still the world's most devastating accidental non-nuclear explosion in terms of casualties. A comprehensive account of this horrific accident can be found on the Halifax Community website, at the following link; http://www.halifax.ca/Community/explode.html

From Quiz Anne Perry's "The Twisted Root"

Answer: Sir Oliver Rathbone

Sir Oliver is a recurring character in the Monk series. He was in love with Hester before she married Monk. He is a successful barrister, and Hester thought the accused would only have a chance with Sir Oliver defending them. He took the case 'pro bono'.

From Quiz A Sudden, Fearful Death

Answer: Geoffrey Taunton

Prudence had shocked the very eligible Mr. Tauton when she chose to go with Florence Nightingale to the Crimea, instead of marrying him. Taunton felt he had waited long enough for Prudence to forget all this nursing foolishness, and he confronted her at the hospital on the morning of her murder. Monk discovered that Taunton had a violent temper and had once flew into a violent rage and almost beaten a man to death for cheating at billiards. Taunton seemed like the type who could strangle someone in a fit of temper.

From Quiz The Sins Of The Wolf

Answer: Miss Florence Nightingale

Hester had been one of Miss Florence Nightingale's nurses during the Crimean War. Although in frail health, Miss Nightingale travelled to Edinburgh and testified as a character witness for Hester.

From Quiz Anne Perry Mysteries

Answer: Esmond Vanderley

Esmond Vanderley killed his nephew, Arthur, after allegedly having had an affair with him.

From Quiz We Shall Not Sleep

Answer: Master

Aidan Thyer is the (fictional) Master of St John's College who plays an important role throughout the series of books. St John's College, is an institution which is known formally as The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge. St Johns is one of 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University is the second oldest University in the English speaking world - it was founded in the 13th Century by some disgruntled scholars from the oldest University, Oxford. St John's College was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort in 1511. Its aims, as stated in the Statutes of the College, are "the promotion of education, religion, learning and research". Constitutionally, it is a charity under English law, although St John's College is the second wealthiest of the Oxbridge colleges, with fixed assets of £567,390,000. Alumni of St John's College include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops and one Saint - the 16th Century Welsh martyr, Richard Gwyn.

From Quiz Anne Perry's "The Twisted Root"

Answer: Verona Stourbridge

Verona Stourbridge, the mother of Lucius and wife of Mr. Stourbridge, was found dead in her bedroom from a single blow to her head. A croquet mallet was found in her bedroom and was the instrument used to kill her.

From Quiz A Sudden, Fearful Death

Answer: Letters from Prudence that gave Stanhope a motive for murder

At first, in her letters, Prudence spoke of Sir Herbert in glowing terms, telling Faith that only he could give her the happiness she had always wanted. In the letter Faith received a week before Prudence's murder, Prudence told her that Sir Herbert had made a fool of her, and that he had never intented to keep his promise to her. Prudence added that she had the means of forcing him to keep his word. Sir Herbert Stanhope was not only the chief medical officer at the Royal Free Hospital, he was a very respected member of society with a wife of twenty years and seven children. A scandal would have ruined him. It appeared to everyone that read the letters that Stanhope murdered Prudence to keep her from revealing that they had an illicit affair.

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