Doctor Syn

Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh is the first in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike and inspired a Disney movie called the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh starring Patrick Patrick McGoohan. In this story we are introduced to the complex Christopher Syn, the kindly vicar of the little town of Dymchurch. Dr Syn seems pleasant, but is he much more than he seems? Although published first, this book is the last of the series chronologically. The town is located near the Romney Marsh, an ideal location for smuggling operations. Captain Howard Collyer, a revenue agent for the crown, arrives on the scene convinced that he can find and capture the smugglers that must be active in the area. The locals deny any knowledge of any smuggling operations, but warn of mysterious bands of witches and glowing demons that ride fire-breathing horses roam the marsh. Can this straight forward navy captain survive these supernatural foes as he investigates Romney Marsh and the disturbing events that begin to happen in Dymchurch?

An early "anti-hero" a clergyman (quiet and respectable) (view spoiler)[whose wife cheats on him and leaves him sending our hero, Dr. Syn off into a violent life as an avenger, terrorist (of his fleeing wife and her lover), pirate, smuggler, etc., etc., etc. following him till he became a Vicar and a smuggler at t (hide spoiler)]

Russell Thorndike wrote a half dozen or so books about Dr. Syn, AKA the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. This book, the first, comes when Clegg the Pirate, who has been living in quiet seclusion in Romney Marsh at Dymchurch as a minister, Dr. Syn, has come to the end of his career. The later books serve a

I think half the reason I find this book so fascinating is that it is based in my home village and I grew up in one of the houses mentioned in the book

Wonderful stuff. I loved the old Hammer films with Peter Cushing in the title role. It's all a bit fanciful but I'm such a lover of spooky, mysterious, smuggling adventures that I can't help but give it top marks.

There are some excellent descriptive phrases and laugh out loud funny bits too. Also, b

I don't know who wrote this: "In this thrilling masterpiece, Imogene and Denis, star-crossed lovers, find themselves caught between deadly forces and turn for help to the vicar, Doctor Syn" but that isn't quite the way the story goes that I just read! While I still enjoyed Doctor Syn, more than I ex

Originaly written in 1915, that is the version presented here. It was re-written by an American in the 1960s, and that was what Disney based their movie (TV mini-series)on. I've not read the later version, so I can't compare the two.
The earlier review and even the blurb in this book, mentions even

The Reverend Doctor Syn, the beloved and slightly addled vicar of Dymchurch Abbey, preaches loudly against the smugglers who cross from France, baked with his sexton Mister Mipps, a salty old sea dog prone to excessive yarning while in his rum cups... meanwhile the dangerous and mysterious Scarecrow

Russell Thorndyke

Doctor Syn

Russell Thorndyke

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