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The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits: 24 Murder Mysteries from the Age of Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits 24 Murder Mysteries from the Age of Gunpowder Treason and Plot Author:Mike Ashley (Editor) The seventeenth century was a time ripe with murder, anarchy, war, and political and religious intrigue, of which the Gunpowder Plot is only one example. This unputdownable new anthology from Mike Ashley presents whodunits set in those turbulent times -- also the age of the Witchfinder General, "revenge" tragedies, and the colonization of Americ... more »a. Stories of murder and mayhem centre on the true role of Guy Fawkes, the English Civil War and the fate of Charles I, plus the lost colony of Roanoke and the tale of Pocahontas. The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunits is a fast paced anthology about a thrilling time in British history.
Contents:
-- "The king's first achievement" / Fiona Buckley;
-- "The Duke of York" / P.F. Chisholm;
-- "The tower man" / Michael Jecks;
-- "A disobedient daughter" / Jean Davidson;
-- "Murder unauthorized" / Amy Myers;
-- "Ice sailor" / Laird Long;
-- "Satan in the star chamber" / Peter Tremayne;
-- "Green tarts" / Deryn Lake;
-- "O poisonous weed" / F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre;
-- "A dead man's wish" / John T. Aquino;
-- "Perfect alibi" / Philip Boast;
-- "The restless dead" / Martin Edwards;
-- "A taste for ducking" / Marilyn Todd;
-- "Death knows no compromise" / Derek Wilson;
-- "A house divided" / Judith Cutler;
-- "Two sides" / Mike Stotter;
-- "The palatable truth" / Carol Anne Davis;
-- "The comedy that became a tragedy" / F. Frankfort Moore;
-- "The dumb bell" / Kate Ellis;
-- "The curious contents of a coffin" / Susanna Gregory;
-- "The Dutchman and the Madagascar pirates" / Maan Meyers;