
Baroness Orczy and Her Unforgettable Characters
Baroness Orczy was a novelist I had never heard of until recently, although her tales featuring Lady Molly of Scotland
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Estimated Reading Time: 6 hours
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Teasers & Tidbits
Baroness Orczy was a novelist I had never heard of until recently, although her tales featuring Lady Molly of Scotland
This haunting story by Arthur Conan Doyle was my first introduction to Sherlock Holmes – in the 1939 film version
What do you think of when you hear the term “Victorian locked room mystery”? My first thought was of movies
Prior to hearing about The Big Bow Mystery, I had never heard of Israel Zangwill, author of this mystery novel.
The fact that there’s a Sherlock Holmes anti-Mormon controversy came as a surprise. (It’s probably a surprise to you, too.)
Who was Fergus Hume? And why was his Victorian debut novel, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, so popular worldwide?
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