Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh

by Russell Thorndike

Book Overview

First in the series of Doctor Syn novels, in which we are introduced to the complex Christopher Syn, the kindly vicar of the little town of Dymchurch. Syn seems pleasant, but we soon learn that he has a sinister past. At one time he was the vicious pirate Captain Clegg and he is also the mysterious "Scarecrow of Romney Marsh", masked leader of the local smugglers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617209767
• ISBN13: 9781617209765
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Black Curtain Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book, Too Expensive

I am very glad of the purchase of this book. It is well written and I very much wanted to know the origin of one of my favorite Disney movies (taken from the series) of all time. I was surprised, however, that when I received this book it was much thinner than I had anticipated. I thought the price was high because I had hoped this book had more of the writings on this story than it did. Had I known...

Adventure Novel

My first read from Thorndyke and it was good time spent. If you saw the movie offering from Disney you feel right at home in the "marsh" reading this book. If you didn't then you will want to see the movie after reading the book. My only disppointment was the ending and maybe that was Thorndyke's intent because when you hit the last page there were a lot of unanswered questions and incomplete activities by the characters. Therefore based on my own conclusions I have ordered another book on Dr. Syn to see if there is a connection. I sure hope so because I want to find out how it ends, if ever. You'll enjoy this classic.

Wildside press revised edition

Wildside Press has just released a second edition of Doctor Syn, correcting typos in their first edition. That's the one to get -- highly recommended for fans of early action-adventure tales.

Good story marred by slovenly editing

I first read Thorndyke's Doctor Syn books decades ago when I was a boy, thoroughly enjoying them. Russell Thorndyke's story is as fresh on second reading now as it was then. Unfortuately, the slovenly copy editing exhibited by this Wildside Mystery Classics edition detracts from the excellence of the story. Page 51 is a blank hole in a text shot through with typographic mistakes and other omissions. In short, the Wildside Mystery Classics edition is a disgrace. The copy editor should be keelhauled.I give 1-star for the edition and 4 stars for the story.

Classic Book became Classic Disney Series

If you loved Disney's Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow, you will love this book. Long out of print, this is the story that inspired that classic miniseries with Patrick McGoohan. There is an informative introduction on the writing of the book, the Disney series, as well as two unrelated movie versions, and the other books in the series! I highly recommend it.