Dr. Christopher Syn/the Scarecrow
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1915
- The first book, Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh was published in 1915.
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The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn[1][2][3] is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. The first book, Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh[4] was published in 1915. The story idea came from smuggling in the 18th-century Romney Marsh, [5] where brandy and tobacco were brought in at night by boat from France to avoid the ...
The series kicked off for the first time back in 1915 with the release of the debut novel. It is of course titled Doctor Syn. Readers would have to wait nearly twenty years before getting their hands on the second installment. A third book would come out just a year later, however, and ultimately there are 7 books in this series.
This book, the first, comes when Clegg the Pirate, who has been living in quiet seclusion in Romney Marsh at Dymchurch as a minister, Dr. Syn, has come to the end of his career. The later books serve as earlier adventures of the Scarecrow.
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Backstory: Doctor Syn on the High Seas tells of how the brilliant scholar Christopher Syn became the notorious pirate Captain Clegg, while Doctor Syn Returns establishes how he came back to Romney Marsh and established his Scarecrow persona.
Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh is the first in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike. The book follows Christopher Syn, the kindly vicar of the little town of Dymchurch. Syn seems pleasant but he has a sinister past.
Chronologically the events of the Doctor Syn novel occur last with books 2-7 being prequels. NOTE: The BBC Radio/Rufus Sewell abridged readings correspond with the books as follows: Doctor Syn (books 2 & 3), The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn (books 4 & 7), and The Last of Doctor Syn (book 1)
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (film) Theatrical version of the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh television episodes. Released first in England in December 1963; U.S. theatrical release on November 21, 1975. 98 min./75 min. Stars Patrick McGoohan. Released on video in 1986.
