Saturday 3 August 2019

Dornford Yates' Universe

This post will mean nearly nothing to almost anyone. Its purpose is, as far as possible, to re-arrange Dornford Yates's interconnected titles into chronological order of fictional events. Some revisions will be necessary.

The Brother Of Daphne (before Adele) 
The Courts Of Idleness (Boy meets Adele)
Berry And Co. (Boy becomes engaged to Adele)
And Berry Came Too (set earlier, before Adele) 
Anthony Lyveden (Boy engaged to Adele)
Valerie French (Lyveden marries Valerie) 
Jonah And Co. (Boy and Adele married; Eulalie; Jill becomes engaged)

Blind Corner (Mansel with Chandos and Hanbury, not with Berry, Boy etc; "Rose" Noble; Punter) 
An Eye For A Tooth (direct sequel to Blind Corner; Mansel; Chandos; Hanbury) 
Perishable Goods (Adele's affair with Mansel; Chandos; Hanbury; "Rose" Noble; Punter) 
Blood Royal (Chandos marries; Hanbury) 
Fire Below (Hanbury marries; Chandos) 
She Fell Among Thieves (the Hanburys dead; Chandos, widowed, marries Jenny; Mansel)

Maiden Stakes (a collection; Chandos Books are fiction written by Boy!; Toby Rage) 
As Other Men Are (a collection; Simon and Patricia Beaulieu; the Master) 
She Painted Her Face (Porus Bureau) 
Shoal Water (the Wet Flag; Mansel) 
The Stolen March (the Beaulieus; the Master; Auntie Emma; Eulalie; Porus Bureau) 
Adele And Co. (Boy and Adele still married; Jill married with children; Auntie Emma; the Wet Flag)
Gale Warning (Mansel, Chandos and Bagot) 
Red In The Morning (sequel to Adele And Co. and Gale Warning; Mansel; Chandos; Bagot; Jenny; Auntie Emma; Punter; Toby Rage; Falcon) 
Safe Custody (Punter; Bugle) 
Storm Music (Bugle) 
Cost Price (sequel to Safe Custody; Mansel; Chandos; Jenny; Punter)

And Five Were Foolish (a collection) 
Period Stuff (a collection, including four Falcon stories) 
The House That Berry Built (Mansel helps Falcon; Jill, widowed, marries Boy) 
The Berry Scene (Adele's departure mentioned; the Beaulieus; the Lyvedens; Toby Rage; Jenny)
Ne'er-Do-Well (Falcon reports back to Mansel, Chandos and Jenny) 
This Publican (written by Boy before As Berry And I Were Saying) 
Lower than Vermin (also written by Boy before As Berry And I Were Saying) 
As Berry And I were Saying (all "Dornford Yates" books are written by Boy) 
B-Berry And I Look Back (sequel to As Berry And I Were Saying) 
Wife Apparent (written by Boy during B-Berry And I Look Back)

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