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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. “The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, Volume 3,” was published in 2005 and contains some 26 stories of which 15 are original to this anthology. As with all such volumes, each reader will prefer some stories over others, but generally speaking, all of these tales are well-written and entertaining in their own way. My favourites included Peter Tremayne’s “The Spiteful Shadow,” in which Sister Fidelma saves the tinnitus-suffering Sister Scathach from a murder charge (admittedly half my enjoyment was the name Scathach, which means “the shadowy one” and who was the Warrior Queen/Goddess who taught Cuchulainn how to fight; also the name of one of my mighty warrior cats); “Catherine and the Sybil,” by Sharan Newman, in which her series character Catherine meets Hildegarde the visionary; Alan R. Gordon’s “The Jester and the Mathematician,” featuring his jester/diplomat Theophilos saving a mathematician accused of murder in 1198 Pisa; “The Stone-Worker’s Tale,” by Margaret Fraser, whose 15th Century Oxfordshire Dame Frevisse solves a double murder before it happens; Martin Edwards’ “The WItching Hour,” in which a clerk foils a plot to convict a young woman of witchcraft in order to steal her land with its hidden Roman treasures; “The Serpent’s Back,” by Ian Rankin, set amongst the shady denizens of late 18th-Century Edinburgh; “Botanist at Bay,” by Edward Marston, whereby a convict transported to Australia becomes respectable - but not innocent; and a reprint from 1945, “Murder in Old Manhattan,” by Frank Bonham, involving thievery and blackmail in 1857 in New York City. There are perhaps a few too many stories set during wartimes for my tastes, and as the stories venture from Ancient Egypt to the sinking of the Titanic, the majority of tales are set in either the US or the UK, but those are generally minor quibbles and the series as a whole is well worth searching out; recommended. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieMammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (Volume 3) Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiMammoth Books (Mammoth Books 176)
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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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