The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits
- ISBN-10
- 1845290046
- ISBN-13
- 9781845290047
- Series
- The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits
- Category
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Pages
- 564
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Authors
- Michael Ashley, Mike Ashley
Description
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.
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- 2001-01-01
- 500 pages
- Paperback
- Constable
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