| Physical description |
x, 310 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Lynda S. Robinson and Lauren Haney: Detection in the Land of Mysteries / Rita Rippetoe 11 -- John Maddox Roberts and Steven Saylor: Detecting in the Final Decades of the Roman Republic / Terrance L. Lewis 22 -- Lindsey Davis: Falco, Cynical Detective in a Corrupt Roman Empire / Peter Hunt 32 -- Peter Tremayne: Sister Fidelma and the Triumph of Truth / Christiane W. Luehrs, Robert B. Luehrs 45 -- Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael / Edward J. Rielly 60 -- P. C. Doherty: Hugh Corbett, Secret-Agent and Problem-Solver / Edward L. Meek, Theron M. Westervelt, David N. Eldridge 76 -- Susanna Gregory: Doctor Matthew Bartholomew, Master of Medicine and Detection / Jean Coakley 85 -- Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose / Judy Ann Ford 95 -- Elizabeth Eyre: Detection in the Italian Renaissance / Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox 111 -- Margaret Frazer: Sister Frevisse and Medieval Mysteries / Patricia W. Julius 122 -- Josephine Tey and Others: The Case of Richard III / R. Gordon Kelly 133 -- C. L. Grace: Kathryn Swinbrook, Fifteenth-Century Physician and Sleuth / Jean Coakley 147 -- Michael Clynes: The Recollections of Shallot / David N. Eldridge, Theron M. Westervelt, Edward L. Meek 156 -- Maan Meyers: The Saga of the Dutchman / Frank A. Salamone 169 -- Bruce Alexander: Sir Henry Fielding and Blind Justice / Donna Bradshaw Smith 175 -- Keith Heller: A Genealogy of Detection in the Eighteenth Century / Scott R. Christianson 186 -- Margaret Lawrence: An Eighteenth-Century Midwife / Marie Nelson 202 -- Stephanie Barron: (Re)Inventing Jane Austen as Detective / Anita Vickers 213 -- Kate Ross: Where Have All the Dandies Gone? / Jerry L. Parker 222 -- James Brewer: Sleuths and Carpetbaggers along the Mississippi River / Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. 230 -- Peter Heck: Mark Twain as Detective / Ray B. Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. 240 -- Caleb Carr: Running Away from the Darkness / Douglas Tallack 251 -- Anne Perry: Victorian 'Istorian and Murdermonger / Linda J. Holland-Toll 265 -- Peter Lovesey: No Cribbing on History / Margaret L. Foxwell 283 -- Elizabeth Peters: The Last Camel Died at Noon as Lost World Adventure Pastiche / Gary Hoppenstand 293. |
| Other author |
Browne, Ray B. (Ray Broadus), 1922-2009.
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Kreiser, Lawrence A., 1969-
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| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History.
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Literature and history -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
0879728159 (cloth) |
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0879728167 (paper) |
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