The Mammoth Book Of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2
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The Mammoth Book Of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2
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Author : Mike Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-02-27
The Mammoth Book Of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2 written by Mike Ashley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-27 with Fiction categories.
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 Volume 3
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Author : Mike Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-02-27
The Mammoth Book Of Historical Whodunnits Volume 3 written by Mike Ashley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-27 with Fiction categories.
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
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Author : Mike Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-02-27
The Mammoth Book Of Historical Whodunnits Volume 1 written by Mike Ashley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-27 with Fiction categories.
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 Book Of Historical Whodunnits
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Author : Michael Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Robinson Publishing
Release Date : 2005
The Mammoth Book Of Historical Whodunnits written by Michael Ashley and has been published by Robinson Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Detective and mystery stories, English categories.
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 More Historical Whodunnits
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Author : Mike Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Release Date : 2001
The Mammoth Book Of More Historical Whodunnits written by Mike Ashley and has been published by Running PressBook Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fiction categories.
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.
Two Nuns In A Bath
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Author : Geoff Tibballs
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-10-15
Two Nuns In A Bath written by Geoff Tibballs and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-15 with Humor categories.
A brand-new, fantastic, enormous collection of 5,000 jokes, gags and one-liners - indexed and categorised to help with finding the right joke for any occasion or audience, from Bar-Mitzvahs to bar-rooms. Two Nuns in a Bath is the consummate collection, with jokes on every subject under the sun, from lawyers to low-energy light bulbs. Two nuns are sitting in a bath. One says "Where's the soap?"" The other replies "It does rather doesn't it?" A guy asks a lawyer what his fee is. "I charge $50 for three questions," the lawyer says. "That's awfully steep, isn't it?" the guy asks. "Yes," the lawyer replies, "Now what's your final question?"
The Mammoth Book Of Merlin
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Author : Mike Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-09-24
The Mammoth Book Of Merlin written by Mike Ashley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-24 with Fiction categories.
A superb collection of stories of magic and adventure from the golden age of Arthurian legend by bestselling writers. Enter into the darker realms of the age of the Knights of the Round Table, when magic held sway and Merlin vied with Arthur's heroic new world. Included are: Jane Yolen on Merlin's youth and coming of age; Marion Zimmer Bradley on Nimuë, Merlin's lover and doom; Charles de Lint on Merlin's influence through the centuries; Darrell Schweitzer on the legends of Merlin's birth; plus stories by Tanith Lee, Peter Tremayne, Phyllis Ann Karr, Jennifer Roberson, and many others. There is also a detailed introduction by Mike Ashley on the mystery and magic of Merlin and his world.
The Mammoth Book Of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures
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Author : Mike Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-05-28
The Mammoth Book Of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures written by Mike Ashley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-28 with Fiction categories.
The biggest collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle laid down his pen - nearly 200,000 words of superb fiction featuring the Great Detective by masters of historical crime, including Stephen Baxter, H. R. F. Keating, Michael Moorcock and Amy Myers. Almost all the stories here are specially written; the cases presented in the order in which Holmes solved them. The result is a new life of Sherlock Holmes, with a continuous narrative alongside the stories that identifies the 'gaps' in the canon and places the new and hitherto unrecorded cases in sequence. Plus an invaluable complete Holmes chronology.
The Mammoth Book Of On The Edge
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
The Mammoth Book Of On The Edge written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names. Written by the bestselling author of Meadowland and The Running Hare, Featuring: ·Heinrich Harrer - first conqueror of the notorious Eigerwand. ·Robert Bates - the classic account of the ill-fated American 1953 expedition to K2. ·Maurice Herzog - his unstoppable ascent of Annapurna at the cost of frostbite. ·Walter Bonatti - tragedy on the Central Pillar of Freney on Mont Blanc. ·George Leigh Mallory - surviving an avalanche on the 1922 Everest expedition. ·René Desmaison - his epic story of 14 days stuck on The Grandes Jorasses in winter. ·Jon Krakauer - recalling his solo ascent of The Devil's Thumb in Alaska. The price of the summit is often measured in human suffering, yet for those who succeed the rewards can be incalculable. Nerve-wracking and unputdownable.
The Mammoth Book Of Men O War
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-02-11
The Mammoth Book Of Men O War written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with Fiction categories.
Eighteen classic sea-faring tales by the best-loved writers of the genre, including Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, Richard Woodman, Herman Melville and Frederick Marryat. Featuring favourite heroes such as Captain Jack Aubrey, Adam Hardy, Horatio Hornblower and Nathaniel Drinkwater. These tales vividly re-create the age of the glory days of sail, aboard the great ships that sailed for trade, discovery or warfare. They include storms and shipwrecks, the great sea battles of the Napoleonic era and the sheer, dangerous excitement of life before the mast.