In Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, James Runcie perfectly recreates a period and creates a captivating character. The Vicar of Grantchester may be an unlikely detective, but his impeccable manners and Christian decency make Sidney Chambers the most original solver of mysteries since Alexander McCall Smith’s Mma Ramotswe. Like her, he will live a long fictional life. This is the first in a series of six, stretching
from the Coronation of 1953 to the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981.
Event chaired by Jenny Brown
Programme '12