The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits
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The seventeenth century was a time ripe with murder, anarchy, war, and political and religious intrigue, of which the Gunpowder Plot is only one example. This unputdownable new anthology from Mike Ashley presents 25 whodunits set in those turbulent timesalso the age of the Witchfinder General, revenge tragedies, and the colonization of America. Stories of murder and mayhem centre on the true role of Guy Fawkes, the English Civil War and the fate of Charles I, plus the lost colony of Roanoke and the tale of Pocahontas. The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunits is a fastpaced anthology about a thrilling time in British history.
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INTRODUCTION: GUNPOWDER, TREASON AND PLOT Mike Ashley
THE KINGS FIRST ACHIEVEMENT Fiona Buckley
THE DUKE OF YORK P. F. Chisholm
THE TOWERS MAN Michael Jecks
A DISOBEDIENT DAUGHTER Jean Davidson
MURDER UNAUTHORIZED Amy Myers
ICE SAILOR Laird Long
SATAN IN THE STAR CHAMBER Peter Tremayne
GREEN TARTS Deryn Lake
O, POISONOUS WEED! F. Gwynplaine Maclntyre
A DEAD MANS WISH John T. Aquino
PERFECT ALIBI Philip Boast
THE RESTLESS DEAD Martin Edwards
A TASTE FOR DUCKING Marilyn Todd
DEATH KNOWS NO COMPROMISE Derek Wilson
A HOUSE DIVIDED Judith Cutler
TWO SIDES Mike Stotter
THE PALATABLE TRUTH Carol Anne Davis
THE COMEDY THAT BECAME A TRAGEDY F. Frankfort Moore
THE DUMB BELL Kate Ellis
THE CURIOUS CONTENTS OF A COFFIN Susanna Gregory
THE DUTCHMAN AND THE MADAGASCAR PIRATES Maan Meyers
TOM OF TEN THOUSAND Edward Marston
THE PHILADELPHIA SLAUGHTERMAN Ian Morson
TO WALK ON THORNY PATHS Paul Finch
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