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	Historical whodunnit -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The historical whodunnit is a sub-genre of the (Click link for more info and facts about historical novel) historical novel, in which the central plot involves a crime (almost always a murder) and the setting is historical.
		The "detective" may be a real-life historical figure, eg.
		The first known author to have written anything that might be described as a historical (Click link for more info and facts about whodunnit) whodunnit is Melville Davisson Post, whose "Uncle Abner" stories were serialised in American newspapers from 1911 onwards.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/historical_whodunnit.htm (209 words)

	Learn more about Historical novel in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is a genre popularized in the 19th century by artists classified as Romantics, and must be distinguished from the genre of alternate history.
		In other examples, historical characters are given a fictional setting, such as Alexander Dumas's Queen Margot.
		Historical fiction can serve many purposes, including satire.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/hi/historical_novel.html (628 words)

	ipedia.com: Historical whodunnit Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The historical whodunnit is a sub-genre of the historical novel, in which the central plot involves a crime and the setting is historical.
		Such stories remained an oddity, and the current trend for historical whodunnits only really began with the success of Ellis Peters and her Brother Cadfael novels, set in medieval Shrewsbury.
		Other pioneers of the genre were Lindsey Davis with the Falco novels set in the heyday of the Roman Empire, and Elizabeth Peters, whose Amelia Peabody is not only a Victorian lady but an early feminist and an archaeologist, most of her adventures taking place in Egypt.
	www.ipedia.com /historical_whodunnit.html (285 words)

	READING AND WRITING HISTORICAL
		Historical fiction, with its ambiguous relationships to both history and fiction, might be a good starting place for an analysis of the claims of both kinds of writing.
		Historical fiction, unlike history, is not constrained to cite its sources with footnotes in the text.
		Historical novels function structurally as a metaphor, joining the past with the present, and the reader with the author, emphasizing their mutual similarities and differences.
	www.vancouver.wsu.edu /fac/peabody/histfict.html (4067 words)

	Historical novel biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Another early example of the historical novel is Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831).
		In other examples, historical characters are given a fictional setting, such as Alexander Dumas's Queen Margot or Thomas Pynchon's Mason and Dixon.
		The bulk of the novels of Gore Vidal are historical novels, including his book Burr, which has certainly been more widely read than any biography of Aaron Burr.
	www.biography.ms /Historical_novel.html (666 words)

	Historical novel
		Historical fiction may center on historical or fictional characters, but normally represents an honest attempt based on considerable research (or at least serious reading) to tell a story set in the historical past as understood by the author's contemporaries.
		Cecelia Holland has written more than twenty novels set in various parts of Europe, Asia, and the United States, and in many different time periods.
		New epublisher of quality historical fiction ezine (free), historical fiction ejournal, articles and entertainment.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/historical_novel.html (622 words)

	John Dickson Carr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1950 Carr wrote a novel called, set during the Napoleonic Wars, and this may be called the first full-length historical whodunnit.
		and are the two historicals with which he himself was most pleased.
		With Adrian Conan Doyle, the youngest son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Carr wrote a majority of the Sherlock Holmes stories that were published in the 1954 collection The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes {ISBN 0157203383}.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_Dickson_Carr (1463 words)

	Golden Age Mysteries - Late Carr--Worth a read ?
		If you want a really excellent 'historical whodunnit' try "The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey" -- which isn't even a novel, but a historical excercise in solving an old true crime.
		I like the later Carrs for his attempt at shifting direction: from the formulaic whodunnit to eras where chivalry and swashbuckling is honored.
		Yes, there are still mysteries to explore in these books, but not as "fun" (hate to call a tale of murder fun) or ingenious as his early works.
	www.jdcarr.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1671 (420 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: One for Sorrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The authors tell a candid tale of whodunit when they write about the Roman Empire and a lifestyle their protagonist was forced to live in his time.
		Historical mystery readers will be thrilled to have another Roman mystery series.
		ONE FOR SORROW is a historical mystery that should excite fans of the sub-genre.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1890208426?v=glance (2630 words)

	Henry The VIII \| Alison Weir \| About the Author
		She has been passionate about history since the age of 14, when she read an historical novel about Katherine of Aragon and was inspired to research the Tudor period.
		She is the author of Britain's Royal Families (1989), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1991), The Princes in the Tower (1992), The Wars of the Roses (1994), The Children of Henry VIII (1996), The Life of Elizabeth I (1998), and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1999).
		She is at present researching another historical 'whodunnit' entitled Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley.
	www.randomhouse.com /features/weir/aboutauthor.html (160 words)

	Powell's Books - The Eye of Cybele by Daniel Chavarrma
		The Eye of Cybele, Akashic's second release by celebrated Uruguayan mystery novelist Daniel Chavarria, is equal parts historical epic, whodunnit-style thriller, highbrow erotica and philosophical discourse.
		Set in the fifth century B.C.--during the reign of Pericles--the novel fictionally recreates the behind-the-scenes scandals and political intrigues that occupied the Athenian home front at the height of the Peloponessian War.
		Set in fifth century B.C., the novel fictionally recreates the behind-the-scenes scandals and political intrigues that occupied the Athenian home front at the height of the Peloponnesian War.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-188845167x-0 (177 words)

	Crime fiction :: Web Articles ::
		It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred.
		It has several sub-genres, including detective fiction (including the whodunnit), legal thriller, courtroom drama, and hard-boiled fiction.
		Apart from Penguin Books, who for this purpose have resorted to their old green cover and dug out some of their vintage authors, Pan started a series in 1999 entitled "Pan Classic Crime", which includes a handful of novels by Eric Ambler, but also American Hillary Waugh's Last Seen Wearing....
	www.webarticles.com /Recreation/Humor/Crime-fiction (2373 words)

	Books: Gallows Thief
		The world Cornwell has conjured for us is as richly drawn as any in his distinguished career: gentlemen's clubs and taverns, haughty aristocrats, fashionable painters and their mistresses, and professional cut-throats; all this creates a heady melange that is just as impressive as anything in Cornwell's Sharpe series.
		He applies his considerable skill weaving historical detail and swashbuckling adventure with political expediency and an observation on the culture of privilege.
		The most impressive part of this novel is the historical details and accuracy - it reveals a lot of the criminal justice system prior to the reforms that were to be carried out at the end of the 1820's.
	iwantipod.co.uk /shop/0007127162.html (1187 words)

	New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Robinson 99 Jan-March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Some of the leading roles are taken by King Henry VI, Macbeth Mary Queen of Scots, George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, Edward Duke of Windsor, King John, Robert the Bruce, Princess Anastasia of Russia and Victoria's beloved consort Prince Albert.
		Vivid historical fact, a completely believable world and keen plotting are the hallmarks of Saylor's novels.
		There he will learn that nothing is as it seems - not the damning evidence he uncovers, nor the suspect he sends to trial, nor the real truth behind Die's death which is shrouded in secrets of the heart as well as the state.
	www.tangled-web.co.uk /crimedigests/digests99/robinsonsp99.html (1012 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
		Given the dramatic licence inherant in any historical dramas, I would say that both films are legitimate treat-ments of their subjects, if not in the letter, certainly in the spirit.
		And we waste endless rivers of ink on post-Freudian analysis of her character and relationships, when not enough is known about them and such an approach is almost certainly inappro-priate and could result in wild inaccuracies.
		In many cases, it was an historical novel that introduced me to historical persons or periods.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0345434870&view=qa (1373 words)

	CCPL: What We're Reading
		George "Beau" Brummell was an actual gentleman who without family fortune or title capitalized on his impeccable good taste and his friendship with the Prince of Wales to become society's fashion leader.
		Death on a Silver Tray, the first book in the Beau Brummel mystery series, is a humorous, historical whodunnit for cozy mystery fans.
		The Regency setting is smart and sophisticated and the characters are delightful, especially the manservant Robinson and Brummell's cat Chakkri.
	www.carmel.lib.in.us /cgi-bin/reviews/revitem.cfm?reviewid=2585 (218 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Poisoned Chalice (A Crowner John Mystery) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		What interested me most about this book was not the historical background - which was sometimes introduced with rather a heavy hand - but the way in which the loose ends were not all tied up at the end.
		I felt this was more realistic than the usual murder mystery where all the events tend to be interlinked and a single culprit is usually responsible.
		Knight continues to dig-up wonderful historical tidbits about crime and the law in 12th century England.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0671516744 (1010 words)

	History News Network
		She is said to have poisoned him with what was then a little- known toxin taken from the strychnine plant.
		The disclosure will intrigue followers of a historical whodunnit which has fascinated scholars down the ages.
		It may also prompt more interest in Alexander, who is making something of a comeback in the form of two new Hollywood films.
	hnn.us /roundup/comments/7828.html (596 words)

	Ruumiin kulttuuri 4/2004 English Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A good time was had by all in the few ensuing meetings, but loose cohesion and listlessness proved the comeuppance of this ‘academe’, and it took another decade before the multi-purpose, free-for-all Whodunnit Society saw daylight.
		It was followed the year after by a rare instance of historical whodunnit from the 1920s, set in a small provincial town known as an important railway junction where the local bobby is found brutally slain.
		An eager sportsman, Immonen devoted his spare time later as a teacher to ice hockey, both as a player and manager of his new hometown team, which inspired the setting for his third and final mystery from the early 1970s.
	www.dekkariseura.fi /summary404.html (825 words)

	Who Murdered Chaucer? by Terry Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A ground-breaking historical whodunnit about the mysterious death of England's greatest medieval writer
		In this enthralling work of historical speculation Terry Jones investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago.
		A diplomat, and brother-in-law to John of Gaunt - one of the most powerful men in the kingdom - Chaucer was celebrated as his country's finest living poet, rhetorician and scholar: the pre-eminent intellectual superstar of his time.
	www.methuen.co.uk /whomurderedchaucerpb.html (369 words)

	Watershed Book Cafe - More Recommendations
		This book reads like a historical “whodunnit”, exploring two odd facts about Jesus’ life: that he was killed by the state for sedition, and that his followers were not.
		This is a riveting novel that unfolds on several levels: an intriguing story, a disturbing psychosis, a confrontation with the reader.
		Gates of Fire is the historical retelling of the Greek Spartan’s battle with The Persian king Xerxes’ armies at Themopalae.
	www.watershedonline.ca /community/bookcafe/bcbooklistsprevious.shtml (2773 words)

	SFU Library - British Columbia: [A] and [B] sections
		The fiche are shelved in a separate cabinet on the 6th floor of the library.
		Our place is not to judge the historic merit of one person's experiences over those of another; we instead let those voices and images from the past tell their own story.
		Our archival holdings include: government documents and records; private historical manuscripts and papers; maps, charts and architectural plans; photographs; paintings, drawings and prints; audio and video tapes; film; newspapers; and an extensive library of publications with a strong emphasis on the social and political history of British Columbia and the Pacific North West.
	www.lib.sfu.ca /researchhelp/subjectguides/hist/classes/hist033436.htm (5778 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Review \| Profile: David Edgar
		By the end of the 80s, it seemed that even Edgar had given up on his faltering career and was more interested in pouring his energies into the Birmingham University playwriting course, which he set up in 1989: "It was a slightly dispiriting period, and I think that starting the course was certainly re-energising."
		Set in an undisclosed east European country, it begins as a kind of art-historical whodunnit in which three specialists try to trace the lineage of the newly discovered fresco.
		Half way through it is transformed into a political hostage drama, when a group of refugees seizes the church: "This part of the plot arose when I asked people what they were most frightened of.
	books.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,12084,1172803,00.html (2452 words)

	Lewes Live Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Bestselling historian Alison Weir discusses her latest book, Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley, a re-examination of the evidence surrounding one of the great murder mysteries of the 16th century.
		Her thoroughly researched "historical whodunnit" reassesses the extent of Mary's involvement in this brutal episode.
		Novelist Suzannah Dunn's The Queen of Subtleties retells the familiar story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn with great wit and inventive dialogue from the perspectives of two women: Anne herself, the King's mistress and fated queen, and Lucy Cornwallis, the King's confectioner.
	www.leweslivelit.co.uk /?event=10043 (214 words)

	Using Electronic Resources to Teach History
		Historical Voices: Digital library of historical audio material http://www.historicalvoices.org/
		C midwife to teach process of historical inquiry.
		Race, Justice and Settling the Land: A Historical Whodunnit: http://web.uvic.ca/history-robinson /
	sparta.rice.edu /~lspiro/UsingEResourcesHistory.html (502 words)

	Mysteries set in the Ancient World
		Editor Janet Hutchings is especially fond of historical fiction; recent issues have featured historical whodunnits by Marilyn Todd, Anne Perry and Edward Marston, along with the work of genre giants like Ruth Rendell, Reginald Hill, Jeffery Deaver, and Joyce Carol Oates.
		Edgar-winner Chavarria ventures to the age of Pericles with a novel that’s equal parts whodunnit, historical epic, highbrow erotica and philosophical discourse.
		In ancient Egypt, a rich man’s house is stalked by a restless ghost; the only historical novel by the Queen of Crime.
	www.stevensaylor.com /StevensBookshopMys.html (986 words)

	VoS - Voice of the Shuttle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Anthologies and Miscellanies Page (tables of contents of 18th- and 19th-century British literary anthologies, miscellanies, and "beauties" of historical relevance to the canon debate; includes discussion of
		Historical Outline for Restoration & 18th-Century British Literature (chronology of historical events and publications in Britain during the period 1642-1820) (Alok Yadav, George Mason U.)
		Barbauld Web Site ("The purpose of the project is to take a small number of Anna Barbauld's poems and to investigate how the medium of hypertext might be used to place a work within its literary, historical, cultural, and political contexts.
	vos.ucsb.edu /browse-netscape.asp?id=2738 (2282 words)

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