Past Poisons : An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime

by JAKUBOWSKI MAXIM (ED)

• ISBN13: 9781596871601
• ISBN10: 1596871601
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-10
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Edith Pargeter, who also writes under the name Ellis Peters, previously combined her passion for history and storytelling in her creation of the much-loved monk, Brother Cadfael. It was she who paved the way for many others to explore the past through the thriving field of historical mysteries, and for this she was loved by readers and other writers alike. Past Poisons is a bumper crop of outstanding new short stories by the leading American and British historical crime writers, all wishing to pay tribute to the work of Ellis Peters.

Table of Contents

Maxim Jakubowski
Introduction	vii
Paul C. Doherty
A Counter-Blast to Tobacco	1	(28)
Edward D. Hoch
Wheel in the Sky	29	(20)
Janet Laurence
Starstruck at San Simeon	49	(34)
Steven Saylor
Death by Eros	83	(28)
Julian Rathbone
Damned Spot	111	(12)
Peter Lovesey
Showmen	123	(16)
Molly Brown
The Padder's Lesson	139	(10)
Susanna Gregory
To Dispose of an Abbot	149	(32)
Michael Pearce
The Mamur Zapt and the Catherine Wheel	181	(24)
David Howard T
he Great Brogonye	205	(14)
Kate Ross
The Unkindest Cut	219	(32)
Marilyn Todd
Girl Talk	251	(34)
Peter Tremayne
Invitation to a Poisoning	285	(28)
Anne Perry
The Last High Queen	313	(16)
Martin Edwards
To Encourage the Others	329	(10)
Edward Marston
Psalm for a Dead Disciple	339	(30)
Catherine Aird
Handsel Monday	369	(18)
John Maddox Roberts
An Academic Question	387	(18)
Diana Gabaldon
Hellfire	405	(38)
Lindsey Davis
The Party May Yet Be Living...	443