| Author | : James Tully |
| Publisher | : Constable |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2013-08-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1472111990 |
Noted criminologist James Tully became fascinated by inconsistencies he found in the accounts of the lives and deaths of the Brontes. So dark and unexpected were the results of his searches, he decided to tell the story in the form of a novel. He has created a controversial and compelling account of this most famous Victorian family.
| Author | : James Tully |
| Publisher | : Running PressBook Pub |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2000-07-17 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780786707423 |
Narrated by the parsonage maid, Martha Brown, a historical tale of mystery, obsession, and murder chronicles the lives and fates of the four Brontd siblings, detailing their extraordinary literary endeavors, the marriage of Charlotte to the local curate, and the strange deaths of the four siblings. Reprint.
| Author | : James Tully |
| Publisher | : Constable |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Biographical fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781841190662 |
This is a scientist's investigation into what happens to us when we die: the disposal of the corpses, the preservation of the dead, funerary rites and rituals in art and religion, the use and abuse of the dead and the ways in which we dispose of them.
| Author | : Claire Harman |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2020-02-04 |
| Genre | : True Crime |
| ISBN | : 0525436154 |
Early on the morning of May 6, 1840, the elderly Lord William Russell was found in his London house with his throat so deeply cut that his head was nearly severed. The crime soon had everyone, including Queen Victoria, feverishly speculating about motives and methods. But when the prime suspect claimed to have been inspired by a sensational crime novel, it sent shock waves through literary London and drew both Dickens and Thackeray into the fray. Could a novel really lead someone to kill? In Murder by the Book, Claire Harman blends a riveting true-crime whodunit with a fascinating account of the rise of the popular novel and the early battle for its soul among the most famous writers of the day.
| Author | : Charlotte Bronte |
| Publisher | : Independently Published |
| Total Pages | : 494 |
| Release | : 2019-06-26 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781076410535 |
Charlotte Brontë (April 21, 1816 - March 31, 1855) was an English novelist and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature.
| Author | : Jasper Fforde |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 2003-02-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101158514 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first novel in the renowned Thursday Next series, which “combines elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (The Wall Street Journal). “A literary wonderland [that] recalls Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker series [and] the works of Lewis Carroll.”—USA Today Meet Thursday Next, “part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times), a literary detective without equal, fear, or boyfriend—and welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wadsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of Hamlet, and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday, renowned Special Operative in literary detection, until someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature. When Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Brontë’s novel, Thursday must track down the villain and enter a novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT
| Author | : Bella Ellis |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2020-07-07 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0593099141 |
Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were detectors in this charming historical mystery... Yorkshire, 1845. A young wife and mother has gone missing from her home, leaving behind two small children and a large pool of blood. Just a few miles away, a humble parson’s daughters—the Brontë sisters—learn of the crime. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë are horrified and intrigued by the mysterious disappearance. These three creative, energetic, and resourceful women quickly realize that they have all the skills required to make for excellent “lady detectors.” Not yet published novelists, they have well-honed imaginations and are expert readers. And, as Charlotte remarks, “detecting is reading between the lines—it’s seeing what is not there.” As they investigate, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne are confronted with a society that believes a woman’s place is in the home, not scouring the countryside looking for clues. But nothing will stop the sisters from discovering what happened to the vanished bride, even as they find their own lives are in great peril...
| Author | : Bella Ellis |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2021-02-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 059309915X |
“Move over, Jane Austen, for the latest literary ladies who snoop in this... lively series debut.”—Kirkus Reviews on The Vanished Bride Haworth Parsonage, February 1846: The Brontë sisters— Anne, Emily, and Charlotte—are busy with their literary pursuits. As they query publishers for their poetry, each sister hopes to write a full-length novel that will thrill the reading public. They’re also hoping for a new case for their fledgling detecting enterprise, Bell Brothers and Company solicitors. On a bitterly cold February evening, their housekeeper Tabby tells them of a grim discovery at Scar Top House, an old farmhouse belonging to the Bradshaw family. A set of bones has been found bricked up in a chimney breast inside the ancient home. Tabby says it's bad doings, and dark omens for all of them. The rattled housekeeper gives them a warning, telling the sisters of a chilling rumour attached to the family. The villagers believe that, on the verge of bankruptcy, Clifton Bradshaw sold his soul to the devil in return for great riches. Does this have anything to do with the bones found in the Bradshaw house? The sisters are intrigued by the story and feel compelled to investigate. But Anne, Emily, and Charlotte soon learn that true evil has set a murderous trap and they've been lured right into it...
