Solid! Said the Earl

Solid! Said the Earl

First edition
Author	John Paddy Carstairs
Language	English
Genre	Comedy
Publisher	Hurst and Blackett
Publication date	1948
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

Solid! Said the Earl is a 1948 comedy novel by the British writer John Paddy Carstairs, best known as a screenwriter and film director. An American serviceman unexpectedly inherits an English title and country estate.

Film adaptation

In 1955 it was made into the film A Yank in Ermine directed by Gordon Parry and starring Noelle Middleton and Diana Decker, with Carstairs adapting his own novel. ^[1]

References

1. Goble p.73

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.