The Cain's Jawbone Book of Crosswords

The Cain's Jawbone Book of CrosswordsBefore Edward Powys Mathers wrote Cain's Jabwone, the world's most difficult literary puzzle, he was a cryptic crossword creator. Published under his pseudonym 'Torquemada', his puzzles would taunt readers for days. He created his first cryptic crossword puzzle in 1924 and went on to set them for the Saturday Westminster and the Observer for the next 15 years. His true identity was only revealed when he died in 1939. As well as earning the reputation

adventure and togetherness are at the heart of this joyful story

such as whether it's a feminist play and its author a feminist* Bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study Ibsen's 1879 play shocked its first audiences with its radical insights into the social roles of husband and wife

'Ravishingly beautiful' Observer

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her first husband - and longtime

He is alienated and in love - and his talisman

O'Driscoll's research is impressive' Ben Macintyre

but is less well known today

stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world

In recounting its history

revealing to the reader with immediacy and cauterizing force precisely what Europe's imperial powers had exacted on Africa's peoples over the course of the preceding two centuries

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