Under the covers and between the sheets - C. Alan Joyce - 3 stars

[Robin P]

The full title is Under the Covers and between the Sheets: Facts and Trivia about the World's Greatest Books. It is a very fast read and is made up of factoids about the bad behavior of authors, great books that were rejected by publishers, etc. It was fine, but there was very little that I didn't know and at least one item was just plain wrong. Mary Wollstonecraft did not die "in childbirth"). She died 11 days later as a result of what was then called childbed fever, as if it was the woman's fault. It was usually from doctors who didn't properly deal with the placenta or wash their hands after leaving a sick person or a corpse. She probably would have been fine without the doctor's "help".