Notes, March 1st, 2000
In Colin Dexter's 1989 novel The Wench is Dead, [1] the principal character is a police detective who becomes interested in a murder case from 1859 Oxford. His interest eventually leads him to inspect the bulky original physical evidence, which has actually been preserved in police storage for nearly 140 years! The novel was dramatized and presented as an episode of the popular PBS series Inspector Morse. As is true with many adaptations, there are significant departures from the original. In the novel, hard research and a bit of luck combine eventually to uncover the evidence, while in the ...
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