Just as DW diligently drafted and then re-drafted his novels to give the most dramatic effect, so he also sometimes changed the titles. These are the title changes that we know about:
Title | Date first published | Title(s) in Draft |
---|---|---|
Three Inquisitive People | 1939/40* |
The Crime in Curzon Street Who Killed Lady Shoesmith? |
Such Power is Dangerous | 1933 | The Film War |
The Devil Rides Out | 1934 | The Talisman of Evil |
Murder Off Miami | 1936 | He Craved Adventure |
Uncharted Seas | 1938** | Blue Murder |
The Quest of Julian Day | 1939 | The Accursed Quest |
Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts | 1943 |
The Mixture as Before Tip up the Bottle A Good Time Was Had By Nearly All |
The Second Seal | 1950 | Swansong in Vienna |
The Dark Secret Of Josephine | 1955 | The Secret Marriage |
They Used Dark Forces | 1964 | The Devil's Disciple |
Evil In A Mask | 1969 | Enter the Nymphomaniac |
The Young Man Said | 1977 | The Naughty Boy |
Later volume of autobiography | ? | The Sky's the Limit |
The Deception Planners | 1980 | Secrets of the War Cabinet |
*Written before The Forbidden Territory, but first published in an Omnibus in 1939, and first published as a stand-alone novel in 1940.
** Serialised as Blue Murder in the Daily Mail in 1937, but published in book form as Uncharted Seas in 1938.
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