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Historical Mysteries in Series: 1500s & 1600s
All titles are shelved in the Mystery section of the library and are the first in each series in the Downers Grove Public Librarys collection.
1500s
M/BUCKLEY
Buckley, Fiona To Shield the Queen 1997, 278p.
When: 1560s
Where: England
Who: Ursula Blanchard, young widow and mother, attendant to Queen Elizabeth I
M/CHISOLM
Chisolm, P.F. A Famine of Horses 1994, 271p.
When: 1592
Where: Border between England and Scotland
Who: Sir Robert Carey, the Deputy Warden of the West March
M/CLYNES
Clynes, Michael The White Rose Murders 1993, 244p.
When: 1517
Where: England
Who: Roger Shallot: secretary, jack of all trades, scoundrel, liar
M/EMERSON
Emerson, Kathy Lynn Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie 1997, 218p
When: 1559
Where: Lancashire, England
Who: Susanna, Lady Appleton, author of a book about herbs
M/HARPER
Harper, Karen The Poyson Garden 1999, 310p.
When: 1550s
Where: English countryside near Canterbury
Who: Princess Elizabeth, in exile at a country house
M/MARSTON
Marston, Edward The Queens Head 1988, 237p.
When: 1588
Where: England
Who: Nicholas Bracewell, actor, manager of a theater company
M/TOURNEY
Tourney, Leonard The Players Boy Is Dead 1980, 192p.
When: 1500s
Where: England
Who: Matthew Stock, clothier
1600s
M/BROWN
Brown, Molly Invitation to a Funeral 1995, 288p.
When: 1676
Where: England
Who: Aphra Behn, playwright, widow, friend of Nell Gwyn
M/FURUTANI
Furutani, Dale Death at the Crossroads 1998, 210p.
When: 1603
Where: Japan
Who: Matsuyama Kaze, masterless Samurai
M/ROWLAND
Rowland, Laura Joh Shinju 1994, 367p.
When: 1689
Where: Edo (Tokyo)
Who: Sano, Samurai, policeman, former tutor
Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, November 2001

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