Born on a plantation in North Carolina, the young and beautiful Frances Emily Steele left home at age eighteen to seek her fortune across the sea. She pursued her life and loves from Edinburgh to Dublin to London. Adventures carried her from a life of privilege in Edinburgh, to the poverty of rural Ireland during the potato famine, and on to the halls of British power. Fanny dared to break free from the repression of Victorian womanhood to become a politically powerful figure who helped to topple a head of state during the Great Hunger. Her companions ranged from aristocrats to rural...

"This I Need To Know" is one writer's view of the descent of the western literary tradition. Writers and artists are but the scaffolding upon which our common literary heritage is built. Each of us places a brick in the edifice and then fades away, leaving the structure enriched to the extent of the individual contributions. Appendix I is the author's play "Oedipus on 11th Street" with a teaching guide that is both entertaining and valuable when teaching "Oedipus" in the classroom. Appendix II is the author's play "Cannibals" with teaching guide, based on the trilogy "The Oresteia" by...

Forensic Special Investigator Amy Elizabeth Fletcher of the Metropolitan Police joined forces with Detective Inspector Thomas Dundas between 1898 and 1901 to solve seven of the most baffling and bizarre crimes ever committed in London and East Anglia. Fletcher began her career at Scotland Yard at the beginning of a revolution in scientific criminal detection. Fingerprinting and photography were coming into use as were chemical tests and microscopy, giving investigators new and potent tools with which to bring criminals to justice. Join her as she pursues murderers and their fellow malefactors...

"Sleuth Amy Elizabeth Fletcher, ahead of her time in forensic criminal investigation in late Victorian England, takes the reader through the minute and rich details of each fascinating case. You are not likely to forget this unique cast of characters and crimes. The author's meticulous attention to detail and his incredible knowledge of the science and day-to-day life during the era in which he writes, shine through his beautiful prose. I highly recommend " Charlotte Hughes, NYT Bestselling Author of Night Kills.

Ancient documents are discovered near Safed in the Holy Land. Friar Roger Bacon at Lincoln Castle and Thomas, a peasant boy with artistic talent, preserve the contents of the papyri in the form of an illuminated codex written in a secret code. Thomas is assisted by his former classmate Amelia St. Denis about whom he makes a tragic discovery. The codex is buried in the library of Lincoln Cathedral where three centuries later it is sold to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II. With the help of the angel Madimi, Dr. John Dee and scryer Edward Kelly decode the text. Kelly meets an ignominious end.

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