tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post8318923486633006281..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Captain King and the Golden NeedleUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-85428889372731238512021-07-12T13:35:00.613-07:002021-07-12T13:35:00.613-07:00I had a vague memory of this quote form decades ag...I had a vague memory of this quote form decades ago; my husband and I would often try and recall it's context. It just came to me this evening and through the modern 'magic. of google; I have discovered (and now remember) it's background.Thanks!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966568492184419619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-67415382279113729322016-07-11T08:34:14.424-07:002016-07-11T08:34:14.424-07:00My great uncle, Joseph (Bimbashi) McPherson, ended...My great uncle, Joseph (Bimbashi) McPherson, ended his letter on the case, which he describes as a 'Failure and a Mystery' by saying 'Possibly some reader ofthis can throw some light on the Golden Needle. If so, I should not only be personally grateful, but he would certainly earn the gratitude of the military and police and of myself as Mamur Zapt.' (letter to Irene, 1917). He describes his time as Mamur Zapt as 'a dark period', one which 'prevented me from partaking in the last triumphal dash forward of the Crusaders..a lurid nightmare of weird interest and more incident than any other two years of my life even the preceding years of active service in the field.' Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292590450635183666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-69491192563879247212016-07-11T08:28:05.751-07:002016-07-11T08:28:05.751-07:00My great uncle, Joseph McPherson's original le...My great uncle, Joseph McPherson's original letters, which I hold, prefaced the Golden Needle story with the title 'An Early Case, A Failure and a Mystery' and concludes: Possibly some reader of this can throw some light on the Golden Needle. If so, I should not only be personally grateful, but he would certainly earn the gratitude of the Military, and Police, and of myself as Mamur Zapt.' He describes the post as 'being full of weird interest and more incident than any other two years of my life, even the preceeding years of active service in the field.'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292590450635183666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-19168238924674590422015-08-24T17:42:09.687-07:002015-08-24T17:42:09.687-07:00No, haven't heard of those. Sounds interesting...No, haven't heard of those. Sounds interesting.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-63550861462733042812015-08-24T17:10:49.799-07:002015-08-24T17:10:49.799-07:00More turn-of-the-century weirdness in Egypt . . . ...More turn-of-the-century weirdness in Egypt . . . have you tried the Mamur Zapt novels by Michael Pearce? He has a lizard man and a cat woman, but I don't remember anything about a golden needle. I normally don't like historical novels (even though I studied history), but Michael Pearce is extremely entertaining, and very knowledgeable about Egypt under British rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-85701803133499652492015-08-24T13:04:36.179-07:002015-08-24T13:04:36.179-07:00This one really haunted me. Thank you again for th...This one really haunted me. Thank you again for the heads-up.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-56702387750238770572015-08-24T06:42:50.638-07:002015-08-24T06:42:50.638-07:00Reading here of King's calm contentment in his...Reading here of King's calm contentment in his otherworldly death is still creepy, even though I've read it before!John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com