''What Really Happened'' is a 1926

crime novel Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a profession ...

by the British author

Marie Belloc Lowndes Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes (née Belloc; 5 August 1868 – 14 November 1947), who wrote as Marie Belloc Lowndes, was a prolific English novelist, and sister of author Hilaire Belloc. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a re ...

. It was published in

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by Hutchinson and in

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. In 1936 she adapted the novel into a stage play of the same title. Lowndes based the story on the Bravo Murder Case, shifting the setting from the 1870s to the present day.

Television adaptation

In 1963 it was adapted as an episode of the eight series of ''

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'' featuring

Anne Francis Anne Francis (September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress known for her ground-breaking roles in the science fiction film ''Forbidden Planet'' (1956) and the television action-drama series '' Honey West'' (1965–1966). ...

Ruth Roman Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. After playing stage roles on the East Coast, Roman moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. She appeared in ...

and

Gladys Cooper Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress, theatrical manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television. Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musica ...

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References

Bibliography

* Borowitz, Albert. ''Blood & Ink: An International Guide to Fact-based Crime Literature''. Kent State University Press, 2002. * Kabatchnik, Amnon. ''Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. * Stewart, Victoria. ''Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age''. Cambridge University Press, 2017. * Vinson, James. ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers''. Macmillan, 1982. * Wagner, Laura. ''Anne Francis: The Life and Career''. McFarland, 2011. 1926 British novels Novels by Marie Belloc Lowndes Hutchinson (publisher) books Doubleday (publisher) books British mystery novels British crime novels Novels set in England British novels adapted into plays British novels adapted into television shows {{1920s-novel-stub