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C [ oluber ]. Tigrinus. Bothrops lanceolatus — known as the fer-de-lance, Martinican pit viper, [3] and Martinique lancehead [1] [4] [5] — is a species of pit viper endemic to the Caribbean island of Martinique. [1] [4] Some reserve the common name fer-de-lance for this species, while others apply that name to other Bothrops species as well.
As the first novel in the series, Fer-de-Lance introduces Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, Fritz Brenner, Saul Panzer, Fred Durkin, Orrie Cather and other characters who recur throughout the entire corpus. Although the characters are not as fully developed as they would become later in the series, the essential characteristics of Wolfe, Archie and several other regulars already are clearly present.
Fer-De-Lance was adapted as the film Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) directed by Herbert J. Biberman and starring Edward Arnold as Nero Wolfe. You can see the entire film on YouTube here. The film includes an early appearance by Rita Hayworth (then Rita Cansino) (1918-1987) in the role of Maria (see at 9'14" onwards). The film makes several changes from ...
This novel does not feature Wolfe or any of his employees, but does have appearances from some tertiary series characters like Police Commissioner Humbert and District Attorney Skinner. Inspector Cramer was portrayed by Biff McGuire in the 1977 TV movie Nero Wolfe , by Allan Miller in NBC TV's 1981 series , and by Sergey Parshin in Russian TV-series Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (2001–2002).
5. Okt. 2011 · FER-DE-LANCE. by Rex Stout ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 15, 1934. A Nero Wolfe mystery in which the huge sybarite sits behind his desk and plays his hunches in a disappearance case, a golf course murder, and produces incontrovertible evidence in the mysterious golf club and snake poison. Share your opinion of this book.
Bothrops. Bothrops is a genus of highly venomous pit vipers endemic to the Neotropics. [1] The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning 'pit', and ὄψ, ops, meaning 'eye' or 'face', together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs. Members of this genus are responsible for more human ...
