Rebecca Wilson Georgian Feminists Ten 18th Century Women Ahead of their Time Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The introduction to Georgian Feminists is an impressive weaving together of the underlying philosophy and social context which impactedContinue reading “Week beginning February 26 2025”
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Week beginning February 19, 2025.
Sara Lodge The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective Yale University Press, November 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The combination of a history of the female detective as a working part of the police force during the Victorian era, and her depiction in fictional accounts ofContinue reading “Week beginning February 19, 2025.”
Week beginning 22 January 2025
Jane A. Adams Cold Bones Severn House, December 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is book 10 of the Jane A. Adams series that features former Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone. Set in the 1930s, it is described as a mystery. It is also a challenging socialContinue reading “Week beginning 22 January 2025”
Week beginning 27 November 2024
Charlotte Booth and Brian Billington The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London Pen & Sword | White Owl, November 2024. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London provides yet another source for understanding and exploring London through aContinue reading “Week beginning 27 November 2024”
Week beginning 20 November 2024
Carol Ann Lloyd Courting the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I And Her Suitors Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, July 2024. The great strength of this account of Queen Elizabeth and her suitors is its commitment to providing a broad account of marriage in the period, the context in which a woman, and aContinue reading “Week beginning 20 November 2024”
Week Beginning 13 November 2024
Marc Wanamaker and Steven Bingen Hollywood Behind the Lens Treasures from the Bison Archives Globe Pequot Lyons Press, May 2024. Thankyou, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the story of loss and an amazing effort to redeem this loss – the accumulation of Hollywood memorabilia undertaken through the BisonContinue reading “Week Beginning 13 November 2024”
Week beginning 5 November
Articles and some light relief: Bob McMullan; Heather Cox Richardson; Joyce Vance; Jess Piper; Cindy Lou and food. American Politics Bob McMullan Final US election review Less than one day until the polls close. In Australia it will be Wednesday before we know who wins. The election remains very unpredictable. That does not necessarily meanContinue reading “Week beginning 5 November”
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