the father brown mysteries took place in the early 1950s.
the father brown mysteries took place in the early 1950s.
when do the father brown mysteries take place?
the early 1950s
father brown (2013 tv series)









































father brown is a british television detective period drama which began airing on bbc one on 14 january 2013. it features mark williams as the eponymous crime-solving roman catholic priest. the series is loosely based on short stories by g. k. chesterton.









































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the series is set during the early 1950s, in the fictional cotswold village of kembleford, where father brown, priest at st mary's catholic church, solves murder cases. a bumbling police inspector, who often arrests the wrong suspect, gets annoyed by father brown's success.
father brown (2013 tv series)
the blue cross (short story)









































"the blue cross" is a short story by g. k. chesterton. it was the first father brown short story and also introduces the characters flambeau and valentin. it is unique among the father brown mysteries in that it does not follow the actions of the father himself, but rather those of valentin. it was first published on 23 june 1910, under the title "valentin follows a curious trail", in the "saturday evening post", philadelphia. re-titled as "the blue cross", publication in london followed, in "the story-teller" magazine of september 1910.









































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the blue cross (short story)