Jonathan Couch remains. The "History of Polperro", (1871), issued after his death by his son, T. Q. Couch, is his chief work in this department. The stories in this book were re-used by Louisa Sarah Ann Parr in her successful novel about smuggling titled "Adam and Eve". Couch left three sons by his second wife: Richard Quiller, Thomas Quiller (father of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch), and John Quiller, who all became surgeons (Quiller being their mother's maiden name and Quiller's House the family residence). Thomas practised successfully at Bodmin, and died on 23 October 1884, aged 58. He was a constant contributor to
Bevil Quiller-Couch Southern Cemetery, in Germany. Although he died after the end of the war, his name is still recorded on the war memorial at Fowey Church. A book by Charlotte Pullein-Thompson called "The Tears of War" was published in 2000 by Cavalier Books. It was a compilation of Quiller-Couch's love-letters sent to his fiancée and poems she sent to him. In 2002, BBC Radio 4 presented a dramatised version of "The Tears of War" as the afternoon play for Armistice Day. The part of Quiller-Couch was played by the actor James Purefoy. Bevil Quiller-Couch Major Bevil Quiller-Couch MC was a decorated