Historical fiction

In the Shadow of Gotham

Posted by JaneM on Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 - 11:12 AM

Stephanie Pintoff’s In the Shadow of Gotham is NOT a Batman story.

The Usual Suspects will be discussing the book on Sunday, March 18 at 2 PM.read more

Award winner, Discussion, Historical fiction, Usual Suspects
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Newest Teen Books 2.20.2012

Posted by JainaL on Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 - 10:46 AM

See what's new in the Teen Section for the week of February 20th, 2012...

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Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Teen, Series
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The Madness of King George

Posted by JaneM on Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 - 10:38 AM

Jane and the Unpleasantness ... coverThe English Regency is having its bicentennial.  It began in 1811 when King George III was deemed unfit to rule and his son was asked to mind the throne, and ended with George III's death in January 1820.

According to author Stephanie Barron, in between, along with “fussy furniture … the English got food riots, Luddites, Jane Austen and Waterloo.”

Barron writes a series in which Jane Austen takes on the role of amateur sleuth.  The series began in 1997, and the eleventh book, Jane and the Canterbury Tale, was published in 2011. read more

Book clubs, Discussion, Historical fiction, Usual Suspects
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Those Victorians

Posted by JaneM on Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 - 12:11 PM

Short stories for long winter nights …

My ears pricked up last week when I heard about The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur’s Collection of Victorian Detective Stories on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Edited by Michael Sims, this collection revisits some of the familiar classics, but you will find that it introduces you to a raft of lesser-known writers, many of them women.read more

Historical fiction
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Newest Teen Books 12.23.2011

Posted by JainaL on Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 - 5:54 PM

Check out what's new in the Teen Section for December 23rd, 2011...

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Fantasy, Historical fiction, Teen, Sci-fi
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Austen v. James

Posted by JaneM on Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 - 3:35 PM

In Death Comes to Pemberley, mystery novelist P.D. James has made her first foray into the world of Jane Austen in what is being called “a rare meeting of literary genius.”read more

Historical fiction
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Chaos

Posted by JaneM on Monday, Dec 19, 2011 - 11:12 AM

Think the holidays have made chaos of your life?  At least you don’t have the Hittites to worry about.

In Egypt: The Book of Chaos, Nick Drake’s concluding installment in an outstanding trilogy, Ankhesenamun, the young widow of King Tut struggles to maintain power by dispatching loyal chief detective Rai Rahotep to forge a dubious alliance with the militant Hittites.read more

Historical fiction
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An Authentic Sherlock Holmes

Posted by JaneM on Tuesday, Nov 8, 2011 - 11:47 AM

Everyone’s expectations of Anthony Horowitz’s new book, House of Silk, were high indeed since it was the first time since the death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that a new Holmes story was sanctioned by his estate.read more

Historical fiction
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Raising the temperature

Posted by JaneM on Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 - 11:16 AM

I had not come up with an idea for today’s posting since I expected to be in New York City on a library field trip, but Mother Nature had other plans, the trip was cancelled, and here I am!

Thought I would just share what I am currently reading—Mercury’s Rise by Anne Parker.read more

Historical fiction, Western
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Just Dandy

Posted by JaneM on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 - 12:45 PM

If you are growing restless waiting for the second season of Downton Abbey and have always yearned for a sequel to Gosford Park, I have a suggestion.

Give Catriona McPherson’s Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains a try.

1926, Edinburgh.  Dandy Gilver is a witty, wealthy, and totally original aristocrat who puts her status to good use by solving crimes. When Dandy gets a letter from a woman who thinks her husband is going to kill her, she goes undercover as a maid to get the complete story.

Publishers Weekly called it “Agatha Christie meets Upstairs, Downstairs.”read more

Cozy, Historical fiction
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