Ricardian Register Reviews
by Author

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A

Margaret Abbey
    The Warwick Heiress, Pinnacle Books 1973 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1997 pp. 17 - 18
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Valerie Anand
    Crown of Roses, fiction
    Reviewed by Sandra Worth 3/1996 p. 23
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    The Faithful Lovers, fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 18
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    Gildenford, Charles Scribner's Sons 1977 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 18
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Mike Ashely, ed.
    The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives - 1995, Carroll & Graf 1995 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 21
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    Royal Whodunits, Carroll & Graf 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1999 p. 25
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B

 Ann Baer
    Down the Common -- A Year in the Life of A Medieval Woman, fiction
    Reviewed by Donna Schechter 3/1999 p. 20
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Jacques Barzun
    From Dawn to Decadence, 1500 to the Present, non-fiction
    Reviewed by Beverlee Weston 12/2000 p. 30
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Lucy Beckett
    The Time Before You Die - A Novel of the Reformation, Ignatius Press 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 6/2000 p. 16
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Henry Bedingfeld, Rouge Croix Pursuivant and Peter Gwynn-Jones, Lancaster Herald
    Heraldry, Greenwich Editions, London 1993 non-fiction   
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 24
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Ann Benson
    The Burning Road, Delacorte Press 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Nancy Madison 9/1999 p. 24 - 25
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    The Plague Tales, Bantam, Doubleday, Dell, NY c. 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 20
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Hazel Bird
    The Last Plantagenet, Catesby Press (Headstart History) 1994 fiction
    Reviewed by Judy Pimental 9/1999 p. 28
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J. S. Bothwell, Ed.
    The Age of Edward III, York Medieval Press, York 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 pp. 18 - 19
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Rhys Bowen
    Evan and Elle, St. Martin's Minotaur 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2000 p. 30
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Gwendolyn Bowers
    The Lost Dragon of Wessex, Cadmus Books 1962
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 3/2001 p. 21
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Shelley Bradley
    His Lady Bride, Zebra Books 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Teresa Eckford 12/2000 pp. 27 - 28
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William Brohaugh
    English Through The Ages, Writer's Digest Books, F & W Publications, Inc. 1998 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1999 p. 23 - 24
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Duncan A. Bruce
    The Scottish 100, Carroll & Graf, NY 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 22
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Mark Bryant
    Dictionary of Riddles, Routledge 1990
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2000 p. 24
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Fiona Buckley
    The Doublet Affair, Scribner 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 12/1999 p. 22
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    Queen's Ransom, Scribner/Simon & Schuster, NY, c. 2000
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/2001 p. 21
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    To Ruin a Queen, Scribner, NY, c. 2000, ISBN 0-684-86268-0
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 6/2001 p. 24
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     To Shield The Queen, Scribner 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 12/1999 p. 22
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C

 Norman F. Cantor
    Inventing The Middle Ages, William Morrow & Co., Ltd. 1991 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Peggy Allen 9/2000 pp. 23 - 24
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Patrick Carleton
    Under The Hog, E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc. 1938 fiction
    reissued by The Richard III Society 1994
    Reviewed by Lisa Lideks 6/2000 p. 16
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    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1996 p. 23
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David R. Carlson
    English Humanist Books: Writers And Patrons, Manuscript And Print 1475-1525
    University of Toronto Press 1993 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Sharon Michalove 3/1996 pp. 20 - 22
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Christine Carpenter
    The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England c. 1437 - 1509
    Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & NY 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 pp. 22 - 23
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Elizabeth Chadwick
    Lords of the White Castle, Little, Brown & Co., London, 2001 ISBN 0-316-85150-7
    Reviewed by Teresa Eckford 6/2001 pp. 24 - 25
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Anthony Cheetham
    The Life and Times of Richard III, Werdenfeld & Nicholson 1972 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Margaret Drake 9/1996 p. 17
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Michael Clynes
    A Brood of Vipers, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 9/1996 pp. 16 - 17
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Douglas Cole
    Christopher Marlowe And The Renaissance Of Tragedy, Greenwood Press non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1996 pp. 22 - 23
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R. E. Collins and J. Denning
    Secret History: The Truth About Richard III and The Princes
    The Plantagenet Press 1996 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1999 pp. 23 - 24
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Louise Collins, ed.
    Memoirs of A Medieval Woman: The Life and Times of Margey Kempe
    Harper Collins Perennial Library 1964, 1983 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1997 p. 17
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Thomas Costain
    The Conquering Family, Doubleday 1949, 1962, Buccaneer Books 1997
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 6/2001 pp. 22 - 23
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     The Last Plantagenets, Doubleday & Co. 1962, Buccaneer Books 1994 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 3/2002 p. 26
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    The Magnificent Century, Doubleday & Company 1959, Buccaneer Books 1997
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 9/2001 p. 26
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    The Three Edwards, Doubleday & Co. 1958, 1962, Buccaneer Books 1997 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 3/2002 pp. 26 - 27
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Karen Cushman
    Catherine, Called Birdy, Harper Trophy 1994 fiction
    Reviewed by Lila Rhodes 9/1999 p. 24
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D

 Claire Delacroix
    The Temptress, Dell Publishing, NY 2001 fiction
    Reviewed by Teresa Eckford 12/2001 pp. 20 - 21
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Susan Dexter
    The Wizard's Shadow, Ballentine Books 1995 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 6/2000 p. 17
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Paul Dickson
    Labels For Locals: What to call people from Abilene to Zimbabwe,
        Merriam Webster, Inc., Springfield, MA 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
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P. C. Doherty
    A Tapestry of Murders, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 23
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Terry Dreary & Neil Tonge
    The Terrible Tudors, Scholastic Children's Books fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1999 p. 22
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Joan Druett
    She Captains, Wheeler Publishing, Inc., Rockland, MA 2000
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
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Ann Dukthas
    In The Time Of The Poisoned Queen, St. Martin's Press 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 9/1999 p. 26
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David Ewing Duncan
    Calendar, Avon Books 1998 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1998 pp. 20 - 21
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E

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., et al
    Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm
    Oxford University Press 1996 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Peggy Allen 12/1998 pp. 23 - 24
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Kathy Lynn Emerson
    Face Down Among the Winchester Geese, St. Martin's Press 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 p. 27
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    Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross, St. Martin's Press 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 p. 27
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    Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie, Kensington 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2000 p. 30
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    Face Down Upon An Herbal, St. Martin's Press 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 p. 27
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Lawrence Watt Evans & Ester M. Freisner
    Split Heirs, Tom Doherty Associates 1993 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/1999 p. 20
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F

 David Faris
    Plantegenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists
    Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1996 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Margaret Drake 12/1998 p. 24
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Ken Farnhill
    Guilds and The Parish Community In Late Medieval East Anglia, C. 1470 - 1550
    York Medieval Press, The University of York, England and
          Boydell & Brewer, NY 2001 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 pp. 25 - 26
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Jane Feather
    The Widow's Kiss, Bantam, NY 2000
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 22
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Bertram Fields
    Royal Blood: Richard III and The Mystery of the Princes
    ReganBooks, Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
          1998 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Samuel Carranza 3/1999 pp. 24 - 25
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    Reviewed by Elizabeth Enstam 3/1999 p. 23
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    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/1999 p. 25
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    Reviewed by Pat Gallagher 9/1998 p. 22
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     Reviewed by Donna Schechter 3/1999 p. 23
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    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1998 p. 26
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    Reviewed by Sandra Worth 3/1999 p. 24
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Patricia Finney
    The Firedrake's Eye, St. Martin's Press 1992 fiction
    Reviewed by Janet Trimbath 3/1999 p. 22
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Margaret Frazer
    The Maiden's Tale, Berkley Prime Crime 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1999 pp. 21 - 22 
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    The Murderer's Tale, Berkeley 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1996 p. 22
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    The Reeve's Tale, Berkeley Publishing Group 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2000 p. 20
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    The Squire's Tale, Berkley Publishing, NY, 2000, ISBN 0-475-17678-9
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 p. 26
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Robert Fripp
    Dark Sovereign - The True Tragedy of King Richard III, Toronto 1991 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 p. 16
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G

 Roberta Gellis
    The Dragon and the Rose 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Kim Dziurman 12/1992 pp. 18 - 19
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Elizabeth George
    The Evidence Exposed, Hodder & Stoughton 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/2001 p. 19
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Louise Gill
    Richard III and Buckingham's Rebellion, Sutton Publishing Company 1999 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Elizabeth Enstam 12/2000 pp. 28 - 29
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Goodman of Paris, translated and edited by Tania Bayard
    A Medieval Home Companion, Harper Collins 1991 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1996 p. 19
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Alan Gordon
     Jester Leaps In, St. Martin's Press, NY 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 21
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    Thirteenth Night, St. Martin's Press, NY 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 21
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Aryeh Grabois
    The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Medieval Civilization,
        Octopus Books, London 1980 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Charlie Jordan 12/2001 pp. 17 - 18
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C. L. Grace
    The Book of Shadows, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 21
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Susanna Gregory
    A Plague On Both Your Houses, Werner Books, London,
        reprinted by St. Martin's Press, NY 1996
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 9/2001 p. 25
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H

Barbara A. Hanawalt
    The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families In Medieval England
    Oxford University Press 1986 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1996 pp. 19 - 20
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Paul Harding (P.C. Doherty)
    By Murder's Bright Light, Headline Book Publishing, London 1994
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 20
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    The Nightingale Gallery, Being The First of The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
    William Morrow & Co. 1991 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2000 p. 24
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Karen Harper
    The Tidal Poole, Delacorte Press/Random House 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/2002 p. 27
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Kevin J. Harty
    The Reel Middle Ages -- Films About Medieval Europe, McFarland & Co. 1999 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1999 p. 23
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Simon Hawke
    A Mystery of Errors, Tom Doherty Associates, NY 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 pp. 21 - 22
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    The Slaying Of The Shrew, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, NY 2001 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 27
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Robert Hendrickson
    World English: From Aloha To Zed, John Wiley & Sons 2001 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 25
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Susan Herbert
    Medieval Cats, Bullfinch Press 1995 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 18
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Judith Herrin, ed.
    A Medieval Miscellany, Viking Studio, NY 1999
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 22
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David Hilliam
     Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the
        English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II,
        Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 1998
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 pp. 26 - 27
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Sheri Holman
    A Stolen Tongue, Atlantic Monthly Press 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1998 pp. 26 - 27
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J

 Guida Jackson
    Women Who Ruled, Barnes and Noble 1990 & 1998
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
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Ellen Jones
    The Fatal Crown, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1991 ISBN 0-671-72464-9
    Reviewed by Peggy Allen 6/2001 pp. 23 - 24
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Michael Jones, ed.
    The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume VI, C. 1300-C. 1415, Cambridge 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 pp. 24 - 25
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K

 Faye Kellerman
    The Forgotten, William Morris & Co. 2001 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 22
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Janet Kilbourne
    Garland of the Realm, Robert Hale 1972 reprinted 1982 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1998 p. 27
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    Reviewed by Dale Summers 6/1999 p. 18
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Diana Kleyn
    Richard of England, The Kensal Press 1990 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Lisa Lideks 6/2000 pp. 19 - 20
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George C. Kohn, Ed.
    The Encyclopedia of Plagues And Pestillances, Facts on File, NY 1995
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 pp. 25 - 26
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L

 Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
    The Beggar and The Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga
    The University of Chicago Press 1997 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 27
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J.R. Lander
    The Wars of the Roses, Sutton Publishing, 1990, reprinted by Grange Books 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 p. 22
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Vicki Leon
    Uppity Women Of Medieval Times, Copari Press, Berkley, CA 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
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Mary Lide
    Command of the King, St. Martin's Press 1990 fiction
    Reviewed by Toby Friedenberg 12/1992 p. 19
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