About Edmund Crispin
Robert Bruce Montgomery (2 October 1921 – 15 September 1978) was an English crime writer and composer. Known as a composer as Bruce Montgomery, he published his detective novels under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin. He was known for his detective novels featuring Gervase Fen, starting with The Case of the Gilded Fly (1944), and for composing the scores for the early films in the Carry On series. == Life and work == Montgomery was born at 'Blackwood', Bois Lane, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, fourth child and only son of Robert Ernest Montgomery (1878-1962) and Marion Blackwood, née Jarvie. His father, of Irish origin, was principal clerk in the India Office and formerly secretary to the High Commissioner of India. His family later settled at Hanwell, in the London Borough of Ealing. Montgomery's mother was Scottish, of a family claiming illegitimate descent from Bonnie Prince Charlie. When Montgomery was two years old, his family moved round the corner to 'Domus', a "big house in a rural setting" that was built according to his father's instructions. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1943, with a BA in modern languages, having for two years been its organ scholar and choirmaster. While there he became friendly with Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis.
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