The Witness for the Defence (novel)

The Witness for the Defence
First US edition (1914) (publ. Charles Scribner's Sons)
Author	A.E.W. Mason
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Drama Crime
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Publication date	1913
Media type	Print

The Witness for the Defence (or The Witness for the Defense) is a 1913 melodramatic novel by A.E.W. Mason. It was adapted by Mason from a 1911 play he had written.^[1] In 1919 it was made into an American silent film The Witness for the Defense directed by George Fitzmaurice.

References

Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

Works by A. E. W. Mason

Inspector Hanaud series	At the Villa Rose (1910) The House of the Arrow (1924) The Prisoner in the Opal (1928) They Wouldn't Be Chessmen (1934) The House in Lordship Lane (1946)

Other novels	A Romance of Wastdale (1895) Man and His Kingdom (1899) Miranda of the Balcony (1899) The Four Feathers (1902) The Truants (1904) Running Water (1906) The Witness for the Defense (1913) Fire Over England (1936) The Drum (1937)

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