- Welcome to FictionDB, Guest
- | My Account
- | Help
Dornford Yates
Full Series List in Order
B-Berry Pleydell
1 - The Brother Of Daphne (1914)2 - Courts of Idleness (1920)
3 - Berry and Co. (1921)
4 - Jonah and Co. (1922)
5 - Adhle and Co. (1931)
6 - And Berry Came Too (1936)
7 - The House That Berry Built (1945)
8 - The Berry Scene (1947)
9 - As Berry and I Were Saying (1952)
10 - B-Berry and I Look Back (1958)
Richard Chandos
1 - Blind Corner (1927)2 - Perishable Goods (1928)
3 - Blood Royal (1929)
4 - Fire Below (1930)
5 - She Fell Among Thieves (1935)
6 - An Eye for a Tooth (1943)
7 - Red in the Morning (1946)
8 - Cost Price (1949)
Book List in Order: 23 titles
-
The Brother Of Daphne
- 1914
- / General Fiction
-
Daphne is ‘well-born, elegant, beautiful, and not especially bright’. In this, Yates’ earliest collection of stories, we meet the Pleydell clan and encounter their high-spirited comic adventures. It is a world of Edwardian gentility and accompl...
-
Courts of Idleness
- 1920
- / General Fiction
-
These comic stories are set during World War I and the period just after, when the genteel world of Edwardian England had changed beyond recognition. One of Yates’ earliest books, it harks back to that more decorous, decadent time, and we encounter...
-
Anthony Lyveden
- 1921
- / General Fiction
-
Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the British novelist Cecil William Mercer (1885-1960). His novels and short stories, some humourous and some thrillers were best-sellers in the period between the two World Wars. Mercer was called to the bar in 190...
-
Berry and Co.
- 1921
- / Action Adventure
-
This collection of short stories featuring ‘Berry’ Pleydell and his chaotic entourage established Dornford Yates’ reputation as one of the best comic writers in a generation, and made him hugely popular. The German caricatures in the book carri...
-
Jonah and Co.
- 1922
- / General Fiction
-
These are some of Yates’ early short stories featuring the comic Pleydell clan, and on publication proved just a successful and popular as Berry and Co had been. They describe the chaotic journey of the young, well-to-do heroes as they cavort acros...
-
Blind Corner
- 1927
- / Suspense
-
This is Yates’ first thriller: a tautly plotted page-turner featuring the crime-busting adventures of suave Richard Chandos. Chandos is thrown out of Oxford for ‘beating up some Communists’, and on return from vacation in Biarritz he witnesses ...
-
Perishable Goods
- 1928
- / Suspense
-
Classic Yates, this novel featuring the suave Richard Chandos was reprinted three times within the first month of publication, was warmly received by the critics and served hugely to expand the author’s already large readership. Typically deft, pac...
-
Blood Royal
- 1929
- / Suspense
-
At his chivalrous, rakish best in a story of mistaken identity, kidnapping, and old-world romance, Richard Chandos takes us on a romp through Europe in the company of a host of unforgettable characters. This fine thriller can be read alone or as part...
-
Fire Below
- 1930
- / Action Adventure
-
Richard Chandos makes a welcome return in this classic adventure story. Suave and decadent, he leads his friends into forbidden territory to rescue a kidnapped (and very attractive) young widow. Yates gives us a highly dramatic, almost operatic, plot...
-
-
Adhle and Co.
- 1931
- / General Fiction
-
This is the first full-length novel featuring Yates’ finest comic creation, Bertram ‘Berry’ Pleydell. The popular character of Adéle is based on the author’s first wife, Bettine, a highly gregarious American dancer and actress. Written in re...
-
She Fell Among Thieves
- 1935
- / Suspense
-
A vintage thriller featuring the welcome return of Richard Chandos, dashing hero extraordinaire, who seeks to rescue a young girl who has been kidnapped and drugged by a sinister old woman in the mountains of the Pyrenées. A gripping read originally...
-
And Berry Came Too
- 1936
- / General Fiction
-
Eight stories in which we encounter ‘the hair-raising adventures and idiotic situations of the Pleydell family’ (Punch). Along with John Buchan and ‘Sapper’, Yates dominated the adventure book market of the inter-war years, and Berry is regar...
-
She Painted Her Face
- 1937
- / General Fiction
-
A tautly written and exciting yarn published when Yates was at the height of his powers, this is a real potboiler of the very best kind â€" tension, cliffhangers, wit and pace. Both a thriller and a humorous romance, the book draws heavily on the aut...
-
Gale Warning
- 1939
- / Mystery
-
Jonathan Mansel, one of Dornford Yates’ most popular characters, heads a small private organisation dedicated to the detection of serious crime ‘by methods sadly unavailable to the regular police’. An aristocratic member of his team is murdered...
-
An Eye for a Tooth
- 1943
- / Thriller
-
On the way home from Germany after having captured Axel the Red’s treasure, dapper Jonathan Mansel happens upon a corpse in the road, that of an Englishman. There ensues a gripping tale of adventure and vengeance of a rather gentlemanly kind. On pu...
-
The House That Berry Built
- 1945
- / General Fiction
-
A comic romp featuring the famous ‘Berry’ Pleydell and based on Yates’ own experience of building a house for himself in the Pyrenées â€" sumptuous, expensive and idyllically located. The house was seized by the Germans during World War II, an...
-
Red in the Morning
- 1946
- / General Fiction
-
Set in France after the war amongst the beautiful landscapes of Biarritz, Pau and the Pyrenées, Yates’ favourite thriller hero Richard Chandos returns with Jonathan Mansel in a story of temptation, subterfuge, adventure and revenge. Regarded by ma...
-
The Berry Scene
- 1947
- / Action Adventure
-
These stories, written in response to huge popular demand, give us classic Berry Pleydell â€" Yates’ finest comic character â€" at the top of his form. The first story sees Berry capturing a German spy at a village cricket match in 1914, and things...
-
Cost Price
- 1949
- / General Fiction
-
A story from Dornford Yates’ later career, of stolen treasure, set against a backdrop of World War II: adventure, a travelling circus and much more besides. Lots of favourite Yates characters are here, as well as some new ones, like the Portuguese...
-
-
As Berry and I Were Saying
- 1952
- / Historical
-
Reprinted four times in three months when first published, this semi-autobiographical novel is a humorous account of the author’s hazardous experiences in France, at the end of the World War II. Darker and less frivolous than some of Yates’ earli...
-
Ne'er-do-well
- 1954
- / Suspense
-
This is Dornford Yates’ only ‘straight’ detective novel â€" it is an uncommon murder story set in a convent, and reveals Yates’ supreme talent for tension, strong characters and a page-turning plot. For traditional tale-telling at its finest,...
-
B-Berry and I Look Back
- 1958
- / General Fiction
-
This is Yates’ final book, a semi-autobiographical novel spanning a lifetime of events from the sinking of the Titanic to the notorious Tichborne murder case. It opens with Berry, one of British comic writing’s finest creations, at his funniest, ...
-
Adele And Co.
- Jun-2012
- / Suspense
-
This is the first full-length novel featuring Yates’ finest comic creation, Bertram ‘Berry’ Pleydell. The popular character of Adéle is based on the author’s first wife, Bettine, a highly gregarious American dancer and actress. Written in re...