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Royal Whodunnits: Tales of Right Royal Murders and Mystery  
Author: Mike Ashley (Editor)
ISBN: 0786706341
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review


From Publishers Weekly
Royal blood runs very red, as witnessed by this solid collection of 25 original short stories concerning royal beheadings, disappearances and murders. While most of the selections are fully fanciful, a few deal with historical conundrums. Amy Myers's "The Happy Man," for example, offers an alternative vision of the fate of the two young sons of Edward IV, whom Shakespeare imagined were killed on the orders of Richard III. Among the more clever tales is Susanna Gregory's "The White Ship Murders," in which the Earl of Gloucester unearths the true character of Henry I's only legitimate son while investigating his death in a suspicious shipwreck. The prolific Edward Marston contributes "Perfect Shadows," a superb story about the possible end of deposed 14th-century King Edward II. "Neither Pity, Love nor Fear" by Margaret Frazer presents a twist on the death of King Henry VI in the Tower of London. And, in a rare departure from British royalty, Morgan Llywelyn gives the famous case of Russian Princess Anastasia a new solution in her "Woman in a Wheelchair." Several tales feature the wily monarchs themselves as detectives: Elizabeth I sleuths along with Walter Raleigh in Robert Franks's "A Secret Murder," as does a youthful Queen Victoria in Stephen Baxter's "The Modern Cyrano." Other engaging stories feature detecting by Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare. While not quite royal fareAa few tales are thin or poorly constructedAthis book should satisfy most mystery fans' palates. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Kirkus Reviews
A mammoth collection of 25 new stories (from the editor, naturally, of The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, 1998, etc.) that implicate virtually every important monarch of England and Scotland (with brief forays into Cesare Borgia's Italy, Princess Anastasia's Russia, and the Bohemia of Good King Wenceslas), from Macbeth (Peter Tremayne) to Edward VIII (Richard A. Lupoff), in murder. A few fortunate monarchs, like Stephen Baxter's Victoria, get to play detective; the involvement of others is less savory, or less safe. The contributors are drawn largely from the ranks of British SF/fantasy writers: those most likely to be known to Americans include Susanna Gregory (Henry I), Edward Marston (Edward II), Derek Wilson (Henry VIII), Edward D. Hoch (Napoleon Bonaparte), and Martin Edwards (George IV). Few of the stories impress as tales of mystery or suspense, but many of them risewith a professional panacheto the challenge posed by the known facts of history. And they do go far to restore your faith in the US government. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.


Book Description
To follow the successes of Classical Whodunnits and Shakespearean Whodunnits, popular anthologist Mike Ashley has specially commissioned more than a score of new stories from top drawer writers, lead by Stephen Baxter, Peter Tremayne, Margaret Frazer, Richard Lupoff, Susanna Gregory, and Tom Holt, for his latest page-turning anthology. Regal detectives (and victims) in these tales include Mary Queen of Scots, George IV, Edward Duke of Windsor, King John, Robert the Bruce, Princess Anastasia of Russia, Victoria's beloved consort Prince Albert.




Royal Whodunnits: Tales of Right Royal Murders and Mystery

FROM THE PUBLISHER

To follow the successes of Classical Whodunnits and Shakespearean Whodunnits, popular anthologist Mike Ashley has specially commissioned more than a score of new stories from top drawer writers, lead by Stephen Baxter, Peter Tremayne, Margaret Frazer, Richard Lupoff, Susanna Gregory, and Tom Holt, for his latest page-turning anthology. Regal detectives (and victims) in these tales include Mary Queen of Scots, George IV, Edward Duke of Windsor, King John, Robert the Bruce, Princess Anastasia of Russia, Victoria's beloved consort Prince Albert.

FROM THE CRITICS

Kirkus Reviews

A mammoth collection of 25 new stories (from the editor, naturally, of The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, 1998, etc.) that implicate virtually every important monarch of England and Scotland (with brief forays into Cesare Borgia's Italy, Princess Anastasia's Russia, and the Bohemia of Good King Wenceslas), from Macbeth (Peter Tremayne) to Edward VIII (Richard A. Lupoff), in murder. A few fortunate monarchs, like Stephen Baxter's Victoria, get to play detective; the involvement of others is less savory, or less safe. The contributors are drawn largely from the ranks of British SF/fantasy writers: those most likely to be known to Americans include Susanna Gregory (Henry I), Edward Marston (Edward II), Derek Wilson (Henry VIII), Edward D. Hoch (Napoleon Bonaparte), and Martin Edwards (George IV).



     



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