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Beatrice Chase (5 July 1874 – 3 July 1955) was the pen name for a British writer known during the first half of the 20th century for her Dartmoor-based novels.Her real name was Olive Katharine Parr, and she claimed to be directly descended from William Parr, the brother of Katharine, the sixth wife of Henry VIII.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Novels set on Dartmoor" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The complex and picturesque life which goes on in the parish of Christowell is the theme of the novel. [2] The story begins with the garden where resides “Captain Larks,” alias Mr. Arthur, who is neither Mr. Arthur nor "Captain Larks," [3] but a mysterious soldier who renounced his own good name to save one who was his brother and fellow officer from disgrace. [4]
Arms of Cabell: Vert fretty argent, over all a fess gules [1] Richard Cabell (died 5 July 1677), of Brook Hall, in the parish of Buckfastleigh on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, [1] is believed to be the inspiration for the wicked Hugo Baskerville, "the first of his family to be hounded to death when he hunted an innocent maiden over the moor by night", [2] one of the central ...
The daughter walks down the stairs in front of the church and exits left. A street in Paris. The daughter meets her lover. The camera pans right to follow the pair as they walk towards a motor car and board it. The car exits right. An alley in the Bois de Boulogne. The motor car drives towards the camera and stop in front of it. The daughter ...
St Raphael's Church at Huccaby which contains a memorial to Sayer's mother, Olive Munday. Sayer's grandfather was Robert Burnard (1848–1920), who with Sabine Baring-Gould performed the first scientific excavations of ancient monuments on Dartmoor, including Grimspound; and who was one of the founding members in 1883 of the Dartmoor Preservation Association.
The Moor is the fourth book in Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King.. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes investigate strange goings-on on Dartmoor.Reprising the setting and some of the plotlines of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes and Russell come to the aid of the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould.
Samuel Rowe (11 November 1793 – 15 September 1853) was a farmer's son who became a bookseller, vicar and antiquarian of Devon, England.He is known for his Perambulation of Dartmoor, which for many years was the standard work on the prehistoric and later sites to be found on the moor.