![]() ![]() ![]() Hercule Flambeau.Father Brown also appears in a third story - making a total of fifty-one - that did not appear in the five volumes published in Chesterton's lifetime, "The Donnington Affair", which has a curious history. He makes his first appearance in the story "The Blue Cross" published in 1910 and continues to appear throughout forty-eight short stories in five volumes, with two more stories discovered and published posthumously, often assisted in his crime-solving by the reformed criminal M. ![]() In "The Head of Caesar" he is "formerly priest of Cobhole in Essex, and now working in London". Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. John O'Connor (1870-1952), a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Chesterton loosely based him on the Rt Rev. ![]() Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 19 written by English novelist G. ![]()
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