The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction

Detective As Historian: History And Art In Historical Crime Fiction

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The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction

Detective As Historian: History And Art In Historical Crime Fiction

Written by Ray B. Browne
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Readers of detective stories are turning more toward historical crime fiction to learn both what everyday life was like in past societies and how society coped with those who broke the laws and restrictions of the times. The crime fiction treated here ranges from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval and renaissance China and Europe through nineteenth-century England and America.        Topics include: Ellis Peter’s Brother Cadfael; Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose; Susanna Gregory’s Doctor Matthew Bartholomew; Peter Heck’s Mark Twain as detective; Anne Perry and her Victorian-era world; Caleb Carr’s works; and Elizabeth Peter’s Egyptologist-adventurer tales.

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Language Eng
Published June 15, 2000
ISBN 4498647
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Ray B. Browne is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Ray B. Browne can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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