Death In Delft 2 (Pages 18 - 123)

 

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New Book - Death In Delft - Master Mercurius Mysteries 1 - by Graham Brack (Pages 1 - 18)

 

First Published: April 3, 2020

It is 1671 and Master Mercurius who is a scholar in the university in Leiden is summoned by the rector, and he tells him that he needs to go to Delft as they need the help of a scholar. 

El equipaje del Rey José - Characters

 

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El equipaje del Rey José - Facts

 The book is set in 1813. In the first chapter the French are ready to leave Madrid and King Joseph returns to France. The French evacuated Madrid in March 1813. Facing a powerful offensive led by the Duke of Wellington, King Joseph Bonaparte abandoned the capital—taking the city’s royal treasury and extensive plundered wealth—and made his final retreat.

El equipaje del Rey José 3 - The Ending (Chapter 28 - end)

 RATING: VERY GOOD

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El equipaje del Rey José 2 (Chapters 14 - 27)

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New Book - El equipaje del Rey José - Segunda Serie de Episodios Nacionales 1 - by Benito Pérez Galdós (Chapters 1 -13)

 

First Published: January 1, 1875

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An Unholy Alliance - Characters

 These are the characters in this novel for future reference:

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An Unholy Alliance - Facts

 The events of the book take place in 1350. Matthew Bartholomew, who is the main character, is a scholar in Michaelhouse. Michaelhouse is a former college of the University of Cambridge, that existed between 1323 and 1546, when it was merged with King's Hall to form Trinity College. Michaelhouse was the second residential college to be founded.

An Unholy Alliance 4 - The End (Pages 309 - end)

 

RATING: OKAY

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An Unholy Alliance 3 (Pages 142 - 309)

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An Unholy Alliance 2 (Pages 49 - 142)

 

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New Book - An Unholy Alliance - Matthew Bartholomew 2 - by Susanna Gregory (Pages 1 - 49)

 

First Published: January 1, 1996

It is the year 1350. Isabel Watkins, a prostitute, is walking home in Cambridge when she is attacked. On the other side of the city there is a man who waits for St Mary's Church to be locked. then he climbs to the tower where the chest where the important documents of the college are stored. He lifts the locks and opens the chest.

Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman 8 - The End (Pages 327 - end)

 RATING: VERY GOOD

Agatha wrote her autobiography for years to be published posthumously. She wrote this allegedly from 2 April 1950 - 11 October 1965. It was published in November 1977.

Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman 7 (Pages 260 - 327)

 

On 21 September 1943 Rosalind gave birh to her son Matthew Prichard. 

Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman 6 (Pages 242 - 260)

 

When the Second World War broke up, Agatha returned to a wartime hospital pharmacy. This time it was the Univeristy College Hospital. During World War II, University College Hospital (UCH) in London served as a critical medical facility in the heart of the Blitz, treating hundreds of casualties, including over 200 from a single rocket attack on Tottenham Court Road. Despite severe damage risks—including a 2,500-pound bomb removed from nearby in 1941—it continued operating under intense conditions.

Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman 5 (Pages 124 - 242)

 

Agatha Christie wrote two plays about marriage: Ten Year and The Lie. 

Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman 4 (Pages 72 - 124)

 During the war Archie's commander was Hugh Trenchard. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British military officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. With the outbreak of First World War, Trenchard was appointed Officer Commanding the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.

Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman 3 (Pages 61 - 72)

 

After the outbreak of the Great War, Agatha volunteered as a the Voluntary Air Detachment at the Red Cross. She worked in the hospital dispensary, where she gained extensive knowledge of poisons, which became a staple of her detective novels. 

Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman 2 (Pages 21 - 61)

 

Agatha's father was Frederick Alvah Miller, whose fortune came from his father Nathaniel Miller. 

New Book - Agatha Christie: A very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (Pages 1 - 21)

 

First Published: September 8, 2022

This is a biography of Agatha Christie. The book starts by explaining that Agatha Christie was raised in Torquay, Devon, and the house where she grew up and was so vital in her life was called Ashfield. She lived there from her birth until the time of her marriage, and intermittently thereafter. She reluctantly sold it in 1940; in 1962 it was demolished and replaced with a small estate of houses. 

Detectives Victorianas - La segunda bala (The Second Bullet) by Anna Katharine Green

 

First Published: 1915

RATING: GOOD

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Detectives Victorianas - El hombre que tenía nueve vidas (The Man With Nine Lives) by Hugh C Weir - Facts

 

The author of this story is Hugh C Weir. Hugh C. Weir was born on May 1, 1884 in Vergennes, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Under Suspicion (1918), Graft (1915) and What Shall We Do with Him? (1919). He died on March 16, 1934 in New York City.

Detectives Victorianas - El hombre que tenía nueve vidas (The Man With Nine Lives) by Hugh C Weir

 

First Published: 1914

RATING: GOOD

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Detectives Victorianas - El hombre que me cortó el pelo (The Man Who Cut Off My Hair) by Richard Marsh - Facts

 

The author of the story is Richard Marsh. Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle,which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897). Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. 

Detectives Victorianas - El hombre que me cortó el pelo (The Man Who Cut Off My Hair) by Richard Marsh

 

First Published: 1911

RATING. GOOD

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Detectives Victorianas - Las muescas del bastón (How He Cut His Stick) by M McDonnell Bodkin - Facts

 

The author of this story is M McDonnell Bodkin. Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (8 October 1850 – 7 June 1933) was an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  a noted author, journalist and newspaper editor, barrister (King's Counsel (K.C.)), and County Court Judge for County Clare, 1907–24. Bodkin earned a place in the history of the detective novel by virtue of his invention of the first detective family. His character Paul Beck, a private detective with comfortable lodgings in Chester, was an Irish Sherlock Holmes with a very original yet logical method for detecting crime.

Detectives Victorianas - Las muescas del bastón (How He Cut His Stick) by M McDonnell Bodkin

 

First Published: 1900

RATING: GOOD

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Detectives Victorianas - La aventura de la anciana quisquillosa (The Adventure of the Cantankerous Woman) by Grant Allen - Facts

 

The author of this story is Grant Allen. Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. 

Detectives Victorianas - La aventura de la anciana quisquillosa (The Adventure of the Cantankerous Woman) by Grant Allen

 

First Published: 1899

RATING: GOOD

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