false 6582 17157 0307277747 9780307277749 335 <![CDATA[Marie Antoinette: The Journey]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804505m/17157.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804505s/17157.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17157.Marie_Antoinette_The_Journey 3.81 1640 Mary Queen of Scots to Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. Now she crosses the Channel to limn the life of France's unhappiest queen, bringing along her gift for fluent storytelling, vivid characterization, and evocative historical background. Marie Antoinette (1755-93) emerges in Fraser's sympathetic portrait as a goodhearted girl woefully undereducated and poorly prepared for the dynastic political intrigues into which she was thrust at age 14, when her mother, Empress Maria Theresa, married her off to the future Louis XVI to further Austria's interests in France. Far from being the licentious monster later depicted by the radicals who sent her to the guillotine at the height of the French Revolution, young Marie Antoinette was quite prudish, as well as thoroughly humiliated by her husband's widely known failure to have complete intercourse with her for seven long years (the gory details were reported to any number of concerned royal parties, including her mother and brother). She compensated by spending lavishly on clothes and palaces, but Fraser points out that this hardly made her unique among 18th-century royalty, and in any case the causes of the Revolution went far beyond one woman's frivolities. The moving final chapters show Marie Antoinette gaining in dignity and courage as the Revolution stripped her of everything, subjected her to horrific brutalities (a mob paraded the head of her closest female friend on a pike below her window), and eventually took her life. Fraser makes no attempt to hide the queen's shortcomings, in particular her poor political skills, but focuses on her personal warmth and noble bearing during her final ordeal. It's another fine piece of popular historical biography to add to Fraser's already impressive bibliography. --Wendy Smith ]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2001 530793 0140132937 9780679730019 78 <![CDATA[The Wives of Henry VIII]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175567921m/530793.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175567921s/530793.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/530793.The_Wives_of_Henry_VIII 4.00 762 6582 3.81 5136 756 1992 10079 038531129X 9780385311298 61 <![CDATA[Mary Queen of Scots]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166113919m/10079.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166113919s/10079.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10079.Mary_Queen_of_Scots 3.79 812 Marie Antoinette

She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head.

Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I.

Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time.
]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 0 17149 0385509847 9780385509848 48 <![CDATA[Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804501m/17149.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804501s/17149.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17149.Love_and_Louis_XIV_The_Women_in_the_Life_of_the_Sun_King 3.85 247
The king’s mother, Anne of Austria, had been in a childless marriage for twenty-two years before she gave birth to Louis XIV. A devout Catholic, she instilled in her son a strong sense of piety and fought successfully for his right to absolute power. In 1660, Louis married his first cousin, Marie-Thérèse, in a political arrangement. While unfailingly kind to the official "Queen of Versailles," Louis sought others to satisfy his romantic and sexual desires. After a flirtation with his sister-in-law, his first important mistress was Louise de La Vallière, who bore him several children before being replaced by the tempestuous and brilliant Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Later, when Athénaïs’s reputation was tarnished, the king continued to support her publicly until Athénaïs left court for a life of repentance. Meanwhile her children’s governess, the intelligent and seemingly puritanical Françoise de Maintenon, had already won the king’s affections; in a relationship in complete contrast to his physical obsession with Athénaïs, Louis XIV lived happily with Madame de Maintenon for the rest of his life, very probably marrying her in secret. When his grandson’s child bride, the enchanting Adelaide of Savoy, came to Versaille she lightened the king’s last years—until tragedy struck.

With consummate skill, Antonia Fraser weaves insights into the nature of women’s religious lives—as well as such practical matters as contraception—into her magnificent, sweeping portrait of the king, his court, and his ladies.]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2006 17156 1842126369 9781842126363 15 <![CDATA[The Warrior Queens]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804504m/17156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804504s/17156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17156.The_Warrior_Queens 3.75 159 6582 3.81 5136 756 1988 137551 0304357235 9780304357239 13 <![CDATA[The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172089868m/137551.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172089868s/137551.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137551.The_Lives_of_the_Kings_and_Queens_of_England 3.92 115 The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England tells the stories of many monarchs and their colorful lives--some merry, some cruel, some heroic, others sinister. Antonia Fraser and a collection of distinguished contributors bring the people and events to life in this lavishly illustrated volume that is both engrossing history and an excellent reference tool.
This updated edition includes a new essay describing the recently tumultuous reign of the Windsors. Included are details of the weddings of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson; the acrimonious collapse of the marriages; the effect the media have had on the royal family's image; and the fire at Windsor Castle. Such recent events as Diana's tragic death, the decommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia, and the launching of Queen Elizabeth's own website are also discussed.
Accompanying the text are 175 contemporary illustrations and drawings of the royal coats of arms, with their significance explained by J.P. Brooke-Little, Richmond Herald of Arms. This is a dazzling story of a thousand years of English history, as told through the lives and deeds of the nation's sovereigns.]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 1975 234625 0753814005 9780753814000 11 <![CDATA[The Weaker Vessel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970519m/234625.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970519s/234625.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234625.The_Weaker_Vessel 3.90 97 6582 3.81 5136 756 1984 145374 0753814013 9780753814017 14 <![CDATA[The Gunpowder Plot]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172173424m/145374.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172173424s/145374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145374.The_Gunpowder_Plot 3.66 76 6582 3.81 5136 756 1996 137552 0802137660 9780802137661 7 <![CDATA[Cromwell]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172089869m/137552.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172089869s/137552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137552.Cromwell 3.46 41 6582 3.81 5136 756 1973 189440 0520228049 9780520228047 3 <![CDATA[The Tudors]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172549326m/189440.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172549326s/189440.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189440.The_Tudors 4.02 45 About the series A Royal History of England:

From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful. With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.

]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2000 234571 0440569605 9780440569602 2 <![CDATA[Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234571.Royal_Charles_Charles_II_and_the_Restoration 3.73 30 6582 3.81 5136 756 1979 111246 0393318222 9780393318227 2 <![CDATA[Quiet As a Nun]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649252m/111246.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649252s/111246.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111246.Quiet_As_a_Nun 3.33 30 6582 3.81 5136 756 1977 158621 0520228022 9780520228023 4 <![CDATA[The Wars of the Roses]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172273520m/158621.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172273520s/158621.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/158621.The_Wars_of_the_Roses 3.66 32 About the series A Royal History of England:

From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful. With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.

]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2000 111244 0520227999 9780520227996 2 <![CDATA[The Middle Ages]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649251m/111244.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649251s/111244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111244.The_Middle_Ages 3.88 25 About the series A Royal History of England:

From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful. With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.

]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2000 633684 1856860558 9781856860550 0 <![CDATA[Virago Ghost Stories Audio Book]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/633684.Virago_Ghost_Stories_Audio_Book 4.00 1 32396 3.74 210 29 6582 3.81 5136 756 120087 3.66 38 18 1988 234576 0393318249 9780393318241 5 <![CDATA[Oxford Blood]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970435m/234576.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970435s/234576.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234576.Oxford_Blood 3.13 23 6582 3.81 5136 756 1985 234584 0520228006 9780520228009 2 <![CDATA[The Stuarts]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970447m/234584.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970447s/234584.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234584.The_Stuarts 3.79 19 About the series A Royal History of England:

From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful. With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.

]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2000 1781601 0393302644 9780393302646 0 <![CDATA[Cool Repentence: A Jemima Shore Mystery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188249571m/1781601.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188249571s/1781601.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1781601.Cool_Repentence_A_Jemima_Shore_Mystery 3.25 16 6582 3.81 5136 756 1982 1200176 0752881027 9780752881027 1 <![CDATA[A Splash of Red]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181829855m/1200176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181829855s/1200176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1200176.A_Splash_of_Red 3.19 16 6582 3.81 5136 756 1981 2143445 039333189X 9780393331899 2 <![CDATA[The Wild Island: A Mystery]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2143445.The_Wild_Island_A_Mystery 3.09 11 So begins an adventure far removed from Jemima's visions of heather-covered hills, crystal-clear streams, romantic men in kilts, fairy-tale castles. Instead she is plunged into the strange world of the aristocratic Beauregard family with its tensions, jealousies and violence. The setting is the Wild Island itself, sometimes enchanting but too often frighteningly remote, the streams, not silvery, but brown and sinister; her holiday home with its disturbing influence; the people -- none of them quite what they seem.

]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 0 1612649 0393331873 9780393331875 0 <![CDATA[Jemima Shore's First Case: And Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1612649.Jemima_Shore_s_First_Case_And_Other_Stories 3.50 10 6582 3.81 5136 756 1986 234578 0297829068 9780297829065 0 <![CDATA[Love Letters]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970436m/234578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970436s/234578.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234578.Love_Letters 4.12 8 6582 3.81 5136 756 1976 234594 0553572032 9780553572032 2 <![CDATA[Political Death]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970465m/234594.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970465s/234594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234594.Political_Death 3.42 12 6582 3.81 5136 756 1994 2050503 0689119542 9780689119545 1 <![CDATA[Your Royal Hostage]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2050503.Your_Royal_Hostage 3.42 12 6582 3.81 5136 756 1987 1200151 0297833170 9780297833178 2 <![CDATA[King James VI of Scotland, I of England]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181829806m/1200151.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181829806s/1200151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1200151.King_James_VI_of_Scotland_I_of_England 3.70 10 6582 3.81 5136 756 1974 761273 0760711542 9780760711545 0 <![CDATA[Murder Most Scottish]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248266984m/761273.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248266984s/761273.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/761273.Murder_Most_Scottish 3.27 11 Vanishing point by Hugh B. Cave
The adventure of the callous colonel by Basil Copper
Our midnight visitor by Arthur Conan Doyle
The dreadful bell by Elizabeth Ferrars
The case of the Parr children by Antonia Fraser
McLean of Scotland Yard by George Goodchild
The spy and the healing waters by Edward D. Hoch
The Cameronian preacher's tale by James Hogg
Leave it to the river by P.M. Hubbard
The body in the Glen by Michael Innes
The Milnathort murder by Christopher N. Johnston
The killing game by Bill Knox
Concrete evidence by Ian Rankin
The night of Kirk O'Field: the murder of Darnley by Rafael Sabatini
The two drovers by Walter Scott
The murder hole by Catherine Sinclair
Murder so cool by Guy N. Smith
The body-snatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson
Iceman by Peter Turnbull]]> 59151 3.68 266 42 4345 3.64 5685 547 949981 4.06 52 8 8637 3.58 122 13 38689 3.68 109 17 288354 3.60 15 1 2448 4.06 40599 2647 317159 3.33 217 43 50319 3.75 442 61 854076 3.69 32923 2522 35992 3.82 203 11 53811 3.15 94 6 6582 3.81 5136 756 50314 3.81 345 54 319313 3.36 25 1 87958 3.62 390 38 2929757 3.33 12 1 2929758 3.33 12 1 184979 3.25 16 2 4844 3.88 3448 404 26064 3.56 4919 594 33031 3.78 12225 1148 276854 3.51 72 14 82608 4.00 1537 239 1999 1380713 1858810930 9781858810935 0 <![CDATA[Robin Hood (Dolphin Books)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183127625m/1380713.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183127625s/1380713.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1380713.Robin_Hood 3.27 11 6582 3.81 5136 756 1971 3076101 0792713494 9780792713494 1 <![CDATA[Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave and Other Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3076101.Jemima_Shore_at_the_Sunny_Grave_and_Other_Stories 3.40 5 6582 3.81 5136 756 1991 2713313 0297831631 9780297831631 0 <![CDATA[The Life and Times of Henry VIII]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2713313.The_Life_and_Times_of_Henry_VIII 4.00 7 6582 3.81 5136 756 1992 6195808 385471890 2 <![CDATA[Faith and Treason - The Story of the Gunpowder Plot]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6195808.Faith_and_Treason_The_Story_of_the_Gunpowder_Plot 4.50 6 6582 3.81 5136 756 1997 234595 0553295446 9780553295443 0 <![CDATA[Cavalier Case, The]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234595.Cavalier_Case_The 2.67 6 PW. NYT. K. ]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 1990 234565 0520228030 9780520228030 0 <![CDATA[The House of Windsor]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970398m/234565.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970398s/234565.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234565.The_House_of_Windsor 3.60 5 About the series A Royal History of England:
From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful. With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2000 234623 0583301665 9780583301664 1 <![CDATA[King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234623.King_Arthur_and_the_Knights_of_the_Round_Table 3.00 4 6582 3.81 5136 756 1954 234564 0520228014 9780520228016 0 <![CDATA[The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970398m/234564.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970398s/234564.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234564.The_Houses_of_Hanover_and_Saxe_Coburg_Gotha 3.75 4 About the series A Royal History of England:

From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful. With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.

]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 2000 234583 1841953342 9781841953342 0 <![CDATA[Scottish Love Poems]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970447m/234583.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970447s/234583.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234583.Scottish_Love_Poems 4.67 3 6582 3.81 5136 756 1975 3076123 1 <![CDATA[The Pleasure Of Reading]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218840711m/3076123.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218840711s/3076123.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3076123.The_Pleasure_Of_Reading 3.25 4 ]]> 6582 3.81 5136 756 1992 1200162 0752872907 9780752872902 0 <![CDATA[Three Great Novels: Quiet as a Nun/Tartan Tragedy/A Splash of Red]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181829832m/1200162.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181829832s/1200162.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1200162.Three_Great_Novels_Quiet_as_a_Nun_Tartan_Tragedy_A_Splash_of_Red 3.00 4 6582 3.81 5136 756 2005 1009415 0745135749 9780745135748 0 <![CDATA[The Six Wives of Henry VIII: v. 1 (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1009415.The_Six_Wives_of_Henry_VIII_v_1 3.67 3 6582 3.81 5136 756 1992 6250849 0297831879 9780297831877 0 <![CDATA[The Life and Times of George V]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6250849.The_Life_and_Times_of_George_V 0.0 0 89130 3.75 20 3 6582 3.81 5136 756 1982 234590 0894790706 9780894790706 0 <![CDATA[Heroes and Heroines]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234590.Heroes_and_Heroines 3.50 2 6582 3.81 5136 756 1980 3076080 1558594469 9781558594463 0 <![CDATA[Life and Times of Charles II: Kings and Queens of England (Kings and Queens of England Series)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3076080.Life_and_Times_of_Charles_II_Kings_and_Queens_of_England 3.00 2 6582 3.81 5136 756 1992 2310116 5557078606 9785557078603 0 <![CDATA[Mary, Queen of Scots Part 2 of 2]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2310116.Mary_Queen_of_Scots_Part_2_of_2 5.00 1 6582 3.81 5136 756 1969 6195921 99427826 0 <![CDATA[King Charles II]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6195921.King_Charles_II 4.00 1 6582 3.81 5136 756 286944 0297833162 9780297833161 0 <![CDATA[The Life and Times of Henry VII]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173420835m/286944.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173420835s/286944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/286944.The_Life_and_Times_of_Henry_VII 3.00 1 24724 3.59 27 4 6582 3.81 5136 756 1973 3405075 0745136230 9780745136233 0 <![CDATA[The Six Wives of Henry VIII: v. 2 (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3405075.The_Six_Wives_of_Henry_VIII_v_2 2.00 1 6582 3.81 5136 756 1995 1081151 0297779648 9780297779643 0 <![CDATA[The Life and Times of The Norman Kings (King's and Queen's of England Series)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1081151.The_Life_and_Times_of_The_Norman_Kings 2.00 1 9495 3.91 80 18 6582 3.81 5136 756 1981 1566132 0749315431 9780749315436 0 <![CDATA[Oxford Blood & Cavalier Case]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1566132.Oxford_Blood_Cavalier_Case 2.00 1 6582 3.81 5136 756 0 234606 0436162601 9780436162602 0 <![CDATA[Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234606.Oxford_and_Oxfordshire_in_Verse 2.00 1 6582 3.81 5136 756 1983 1380711 0752873024 9780752873022 1 <![CDATA[Three Great Novels: Cool Repentence/Oxford Blood/Your Royal Hostage]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183127623m/1380711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183127623s/1380711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1380711.Three_Great_Novels_Cool_Repentence_Oxford_Blood_Your_Royal_Hostage 2.00 1 6582 3.81 5136 756 2006 7250306 1 <![CDATA[The Case of the Parr Children]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7250306-the-case-of-the-parr-children 2.00 1 6582 3.81 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Bill Crenshaw's Edgar-winning "Flicks" brilliantly dissects a burnt-out cop on the trail of a serial killer who slashes his victims as they watch horror movies, and probes the psyche of an audience whose thirst for gore is unquenchable. Clark Howard's first-rate "The Dakar Run" makes a tense car rally the occasion for a strained father-daughter reconciliation, and an atheist meditates on the existence of an afterlife in Dean Koontz's lovely "Twilight of the Dawn." But readers will solve Sara Paretsky's crime long before her PI V.I. (Victoria) Warshawski, and Simon Brett spins a trendy, dull yarn on AIDS. F Paul Wilson offensively portrays a mentally retarded woman as a monster; the connection between his detective and a criminal who literally eats pretty faces is contrived and soppy. Gorman and Randisi are publisher and editor-in-chief of Mystery Scene magazine, where some of these stories first appeared.

Introduction: The Year in Mystery: 1988 · Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg
Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser
The Owl in the Oak [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen
How Dangerous Is Your Brother? · William Bankier
Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless private eye] · Bill Pronzini
The Case of the Pietro Andromache [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky
Flicks · Bill Crenshaw
The Buck Stops Here · Stuart M. Kaminsky
The Wasp ["Where Is Thy Sting?"] · Peter Lovesey
State of Grace [Ralph Poteet] · Loren D. Estleman
Death of a Romance Writer · Joan Hess
Marble Mildred [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins
Faces · F. Paul Wilson
The Safest Place in the World · James M. Reasoner
An Unmentionable Death · Simon Brett
More Final Than Divorce · Robert Barnard
The God of the Razor · Joe R. Lansdale
Twilight of the Dawn · Dean R. Koontz
Non Sung Smoke [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton
The Victorian Hangman · Edward D. Hoch
The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman
The Dakar Run · Clark Howard
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