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    Writing History When the Crime Is Stranger Than Fiction

    Writing History When the Crime Is Stranger Than Fiction

    When it comes to Soviet espionage and the Alger Hiss episode, fiction has to work hard to keep up with the deceptions.

    By David Adams Cleveland | May 17, 2022

    10 Reasons Why Victorian England Is the Perfect Setting for Murder

    10 Reasons Why Victorian England Is the Perfect Setting for Murder

    Pea-soup fog, charlatans, death cults, spiritualists, and so much more!

    By Connie Berry | May 12, 2022

    My sisters are as intelligent as my brothers: Women’s education in Colonial India

    My sisters are as intelligent as my brothers: Women’s education in Colonial India

    Harini Nagendra recalls the fierce women in her family history who fought for their right to be educated.

    By Harini Nagendra | May 2, 2022

    Victoria Thompson: My Favorite Sleuthing Partners

    Victoria Thompson: My Favorite Sleuthing Partners

    In these historical mysteries, the sleuths have a connection that goes beyond the mere solving of crimes.

    By Victoria Thompson | April 28, 2022

    Anna Lee Huber's Top 10 Female Sleuths in Long-Running Historical Mystery Series

    Anna Lee Huber's Top 10 Female Sleuths in Long-Running Historical Mystery Series

    "[T]hese heroines each exhibit their own captivating blend of moxie, panache, and ingenuity."

    By Anna Lee Huber | April 21, 2022

    The Business of Blackmail in Gilded Age New York

    The Business of Blackmail in Gilded Age New York

    On William d'Alton Mann, prolific gossip columnist and profligate blackmailer.

    By W. H. Flint | April 12, 2022

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    Simon Scarrow on The Fog of World War, Then and Now

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    Never Mind the Butler, Worry About the Maids

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    How (and Why) I Write Supernatural Historical Fiction

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    What We Can Learn From The Darkest Period in Art History

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    "Between 1933 – 1945, the Third Reich confiscated, destroyed, and plundered upwards of 650,000 works of art."

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    Six Novels About Women at Work During the War

    Six Novels About Women at Work During the War

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    Crime and the City: Birmingham

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    Qiu Xiaolong and the Return of the Venerable Judge Dee

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