The Finishing Stroke the young heir, was born in 1905. This is at odds with accounts in the earliest Queen stories, but Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, who co-wrote the novels under the "Ellery Queen" pen name, were both born in 1905. To quote some negative criticism of the novel: "Rhymed threats of murder, accompanied by symbolic objectives, bewilder the guests and annoy the reader. The pervasive vulgarity renders the trick plot even less believable and justifies the contempt of those who dismiss all crime fiction as puerile." The Finishing Stroke The Finishing Stroke is a mystery novel by Ellery Queen, published
Frederic Louis Norden etc., all of which was published in the posthumous "Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie". On 8 January 1741 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, where his name was registered as "Frederic Lewis Norden". Frederic Louis Norden Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September 1742) was a Danish naval captain and explorer. Also known as "Frederick", "Frederik", "Friderick", "Ludwig", "Ludvig" and "Lewis", the name used on the first publication of his famous "Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie" (Copenhagen, 1755) is "Frederic Louis Norden". His name is often shortened "F. L. Norden". Norden made a voyage