The Mammoth Book Of Historical Whodunnits Volume 3
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The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 3
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2015-02-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781472114815 |
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The third new collection of historical murder and mystery stories A brilliant new collection of thirty stories of mystery and intrigue spread over three thousand years, from Ancient Egypt to spies on the Titanic. Selected by bestselling editor Mike Ashley, the stories include brand new contributions as well as rare reprints, from writers such as Ian Rankin, Lynda Robinson, Sharan Newman, Gail Frazer, Gillian Linscott and Peter Tremayne. Among the characters featured are the Queen of Sheba, Attila the Hun, Hildegarde of Bingen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry the Navigator and Benjamin Franklin. And with settings as far-ranging as Botany Bay and ancient Pisa, New Amsterdam and old Edinburgh, ancient Greece and the court of Kublai Khan.
The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2015-02-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781472117076 |
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An all-new collection of exciting murder-mysteries with historical settings This new volume of historical murder and mystery contains over 20 specially commissioned stories ranging in period from Ancient Rome to the reign of Good Queen Bess. It features original stories from such masters as Steven Saylor, Peter Tremayne, Philip Gooden, Susanna Gregory, Kate Ellis, Michael Jecks, Edward D. Hoch and Marilyn Todd. · In Steven Saylor’s Roman tale, Poppy and the Poisoned Cake, Gordianus the Finder feels his latest assignment is suspiciously easy to solve. · Edward D. Hoch puts a novel twist on the locked-room mystery by setting it on a “locked ship” — Christopher Columbus’s, in fact! · In Flibbertigibbet Paul Finch unleashes a deranged serial killer on Elizabethan London. · Falstaff ’s successor Sir Johan de Mandeville turns sleuth in Keith Taylor’s Bene?t of Clergy. · Sister Fidelma must solve the mystery of a murdered Celtic monk in Death of an Icon by Peter Tremayne. · A pig provides the key to Michael Jecks’s latest Sir Baldwin mystery.- · Cherith Baldry turns Geoffrey Chaucer into a secret agent in her version of The Pilgrim’s Tale. · Anarchy and murderous intent rule when the Romans leave the British Isles in Richard Butler’s The Last Legion. . . . plus many more tales of dark age murder and mayhem!
The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits
Author | : Michael Ashley,Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Robinson Publishing |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, English |
ISBN | : 1845290046 |
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The third new collection of historical murder and mystery stories A brilliant new collection of thirty stories of mystery and intrigue spread over three thousand years, from Ancient Egypt to spies on the Titanic. Selected by bestselling editor Mike Ashley, the stories include brand new contributions as well as rare reprints, from writers such as Ian Rankin, Lynda Robinson, Sharan Newman, Gail Frazer, Gillian Linscott and Peter Tremayne. Among the characters featured are the Queen of Sheba, Attila the Hun, Hildegarde of Bingen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry the Navigator and Benjamin Franklin. And with settings as far-ranging as Botany Bay and ancient Pisa, New Amsterdam and old Edinburgh, ancient Greece and the court of Kublai Khan.
The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 1
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2015-02-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781472117083 |
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Divided into three main sections, "The Ancient World", "The Middle Ages" and "Regency and Gaslight", The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits includes: · The Thief versus Rhampsinitus by Herodotus - probably the earliest detective story ever written. · The Locked Tomb Mystery, set in ancient Egypt, by Elizabeth Peters. · A new story by John Maddox Roberts featuring the young Roman detective Decius Metellus. · Robert van Gulik's ingenious He Came With the Rain featuring Judge Dee, a real-life character who lived inseventh-century China. · A new story by Peter Tremayne, set in seventh-century Ireland and featuring Sister Fidelma. · Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael story The Price of Light. · Paul Harding's The Confession of Brother Athelstan. · A classic locked-room mystery featuring Lillian de la Torre's popular detective Sam Johnson. · A story by Michael Harrison featuring August Dupin, the detective created by Edgar Allan Poe and the inspiration behind Sherlock Holmes. · John Dickson Carr's acclaimed The Gentleman from Paris. ...and many more!
The Mammoth Collection of Historical Whodunnits and Historical Detectives
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Carroll & Graf Pub |
Total Pages | : 1056 |
Release | : 1996-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0786703776 |
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The best of the bestselling historical detective writers are all here in this double-volume boxed set--Ellis Peters, Peter Tremayne, Edward D. Hoch, John Dickson Carr, Lillian de al Torre, Kate Sedley, Margaret Frazer, and many more. Editor Mike Ashley has chosen mystery stories set through the ages, with turn-of-the-century conumdrums, medieval whodunnits, and truly ancient mysteries from the Bible and Herodotus.
The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Running PressBook Pub |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0786709162 |
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More than thirty acclaimed mystery writers--including Elizabeth Peters, Margaret Frazer, Derek Wilson, Susanna Gregory, Edward D. Hoch, Steven Saylor, Peter Tremayne, and Marilyn Todd--present a baffling assortment of historical mysteries. Original.
The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2014-02-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781472114891 |
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Mystery and murder from the Sands of Time; This anthology covers two periods in history - the time of 'Ancient Egypt' which stretches from the First Dynasty in 4000 BC to the time of the Roman Empire, and the time of the Discoveries, which covers the Napoleonic and Victorian periods of excavation. The anthology will be a collection of new stories and rare reprints, including contributions from Lynda Robinson, featuring Lord Meren, Lauren Haney and a Lieutenant Bak mystery, plus stories from Gillian Linscott, Kate Ellis, Marilyn Todd, Paul Doherty, Suzanne Franke, Amy Myers, Michael Pearce, Elizabeth Peters and many more. So from the famed Cleopatra to Howard Carter and the Curse of the Pharaohs, here are 25 stories to enthral and enchant devotees of the genre.
The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunnits
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publsiher | : Running Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2005-06-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0786715715 |
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Selected by best-selling editor Mike Ashley, these stories include brand new contributions as well as rare reprints, from writers such as Ian Rankin, Lynda Robinson, Sharan Newman, Gail Frazer, Gillian Linscott, and Peter Tremayne. Featuring such towering historical figures as the Queen of Sheba, Attila the Hun, Hildegarde of Bingen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry the Navigator, and Benjamin Franklin, The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits is a brilliant collection of thirty stories of mystery and intrigue spread over three thousand years, from ancient Egypt to the Titanic, that is sure to please fans of this unique genre.