Talk:The Secret of Chimneys

message: The plot summary's first two paragraphs proceed thus:
Bulawayo. Of all places for Anthony Cade to run into his old friend Jimmy McGrath! But then again, for men with as much in common as they had — both adventurers and soldiers of fortune, both sharing a taste for good whiskey, lovely women, and all things exotic—maybe a chance meeting in the Rhodesian bush was not quite as astonishing as it at first seemed.
Always ready with an interesting yarn or an intriguing offer, McGrath had one of each for his friend Anthony Cade. Paris, a few years back: Jimmy McGrath was walking alone in a deserted area of the city when he happened upon a group of French toughs beating up a helpless old gentleman. Just to even the odds, Jimmy took the old gent's cause, thrashed the attackers, and sent them running. He was then amazed to find that the old man was none other than Count Stylptitch of Herzoslovakia. Why, even those who had never heard of Herzoslovakia had heard of the Count—master diplomat and kingmaker, the "Grand Old Man of the Balkans."
An edited version (changes are in small text, since I have no idea how to do color):
:Bulawayo. Of all places for Anthony Cade to run into his old friend Jimmy McGrath! Anthony Cade unexpectedly meets his old friend, Jimmy McGrath, in Bulawayo. But then again, for men with as much in common as they had — both adventurers and soldiers of fortune, both sharing a taste for good whiskey, lovely women, and all things exotic—maybe a chance meeting in the Rhodesian bush was not quite as astonishing as it at first seemed. (No paragraph break here.) Always ready with an interesting yarn or an intriguing offer, McGrath had one of each for his friend Anthony Cade. Paris, a few years back: Jimmy McGrath was walking alone in a deserted area of the city when he happened upon a group of French toughs beating up a helpless old gentleman. McGrath recounts to Cade an experience he had in Paris a few years before: he rescued an unkown man, who turned out to be eminent diplomant Count Stylptitch of Herzoslovakia, from a group of thugs. Just to even the odds, Jimmy took the old gent's cause, thrashed the attackers, and sent them running. He was then amazed to find that the old man was none other than Count Stylptitch of Herzoslovakia. Why, even those who had never heard of Herzoslovakia had heard of the Count—master diplomat and kingmaker, the "Grand Old Man of the Balkans."
So these two paragraphs have been reduced to two lines, namely:
:Anthony Cade unexpectedly meets his old friend, Jimmy McGrath, in Bulawayo. McGrath recounts to Cade an experience he had in Paris a few years before: he rescued an unkown man, who turned out to be eminent diplomant Count Stylptitch of Herzoslovakia, from a group of thugs.
Is that too little content and too much wiki-markup, or fine as it is?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by GlobeGores (talk • contribs) 08:11, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot summary improvement 

message: "The Secret of Chimneys"
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message: If adding to the international titles for this novel, please supply Publisher, ISBN and year of publication to these titles, and any new ones added. If the documenting information is not added to the title, then the title will be deleted. This note is included in the edit version of Publication history, so editors will see it if a new title is to be added.  --Prairieplant (talk) 12:43, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
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replies: text: I checked the link saved through Wayback machine by cyberbot. It is just what was wanted. So I changed "checked=false" to "checked=true".     --Prairieplant (talk) 00:25, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
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message: Please verify the ISBN for the Indonesian version of this novel. I think the number should begin with 979 not 978 if the book is published there. Right now the ISBN is commented out until you verify it, and perhaps correct it. As the number stands, it is not found anywhere using the Book Sources page for ISBN.  --Prairieplant (talk) 15:23, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
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message: The assassination of the king and queen of Herzoslovakia seems to be an allusion to the May Coup (Serbia) (1903). --Maria-Sieglinde (talk) 17:18, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: you may well be correct, but we need another source to say this., for this apparent inspiration for this novel's plot to be included in this article. That is, no Original Research for this Wikipedia article.  --Prairieplant (talk) 08:37, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allusions to real events 

message: Articles on several Agatha Christie novels include two cover images, US and UK. Usually first edition is in infobox and other first is in Publication history section. In this article, someone put it in the Plot summary. A map, a feature unique to this novel, is another image. One editor removed the two images on the basis of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. I am not sure why that guidance prohibits the second cover image or the map from the US edition. I replaced the images as they were, here.  Would it be better in the Publication history section, like other articles about some of her novels? --Prairieplant (talk) 05:01, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
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