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The Magnificent Century
    Thomas Costain, Doubleday & Company 1959, Buccaneer Books 1997
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 9/2001 p. 26
    
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The Maiden and the Unicorn

    Isolde Martyn, Bantam Books 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2000 p. 20

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The Maiden's Tale
    Margaret Frazer, Berkley Prime Crime 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1999 pp. 21 - 22
    
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The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives - 1995

    Mike Ashely, ed., Carroll & Graf 1995 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 21
    
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The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits 1993
    Mike Ashely, ed., Carroll & Graf 1993 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 21
    
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Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy 1446 - 1503

    Christine Weightman, St. Martin's Press 1993 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Elizabeth York Enstam 3/2000 p. 26
    
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Medieval Cats
    Susan Herbert, Bullfinch Press 1995 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 18
    
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A Medieval Home Companion

    Goodman of Paris, translated and edited by Tania Bayard, Harper Collins 1991 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1996 p. 19
    
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A Medieval Miscellany
    Judith Herrin, ed., Viking Studio, NY 1999
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 22
    
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Memoirs of A Medieval Woman: The Life and Times of Margey Kempe

    Louise Collins, ed., Harper Collins Perennial Library 1964, 1983 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1997 p. 17
    
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Midsummer's Knight

    Tori Phillips, Harlequin 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1998 p. 22
   
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Murder At Medicine Lodge
    Mardi Oakley Medawar, St. Martin's Press 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 pp. 26 - 27
    
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The Murderer's Tale
    Margaret Frazer, Berkeley 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1996 p. 22
    
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A Mystery of Errors
    Simon Hawke, Tom Doherty Associates, NY 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 pp. 21 - 22
    
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Names Through The Ages
    Teresa Norman, The Berkeley Publishing Group, Penguin Putnam Inc. 1999 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 25
    
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The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume VI, C. 1300-C. 1415
    Michael Jones, ed., Cambridge 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 pp. 24 - 25
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The Nightingale Gallery, Being The First of The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
    Paul Harding (P.C. Doherty), William Morrow & Co. 1991 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2000 p. 24
    
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No Dark Place

    Joan Wolf, Harper Collins 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/2000 p. 25
    
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The Nun's Tale
    Candace Robb, Mandarin 1995 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 21 - 22
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One Knight in Venice
    Tori Phillips, Harlequin, Toronto & NY, 2001, ISBN 0-373-29155-8
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 pp. 26 - 27
    
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One Too Many Times
    Diana Rubino, Domhan Books, Brooklyn, 2001 ISBN 1-58345-612-0
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 p. 25
    
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P

A Plague On Both Your Houses
    Susanna Gregory, Werner Books, London, reprinted by St. Martin's Press, NY 1996
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 9/2001 p. 25
    
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The Plague Tales

    Ann Benson, Bantam, Doubleday, Dell, NY c. 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 20
    
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Plantegenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists

    David Faris, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1996 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Margaret Drake 12/1998 p. 24
   
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The Popinjays

    Geoffrey Richardson, Baildon Books 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2000 pp. 20 - 21

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    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/2000 p. 28
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Presumed Guilty
    Evelyn Rosenthal, Vantage Press 1982 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2000 p. 30
    
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Q

Queen's Ransom
   
    Fiona Buckley, Scribner/Simon & Schuster, NY, c. 2000
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/2001 p. 21

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R

The Ravens of Blackwater
    Edward Marston, Ballentine 1994 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 p. 15
    
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The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe

    Charles Nicholl, University of Chicago Press 1992 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 9/1996 p. 19
    
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Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal

    Robert T. Reilly, Bruce Publishing Co. 1957 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 6/2000 p. 17
    
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The Reel Middle Ages -- Films About Medieval Europe
    Kevin J. Harty, McFarland & Co. 1999 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1999 p. 23
    
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The Reeve's Tale

    Margaret Frazer, Berkeley Publishing Group 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2000 p. 20

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Richard III and Buckingham's Rebellion
    Louise Gill, Sutton Publishing Company 1999 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Elizabeth Enstam 12/2000 pp. 28 - 29
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Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

    A. J. Pollard, Bramley Books 1991 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Elizabeth Enstam 6/2000 pp. 18 - 19
    
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Richard III: England's Black Legend
    Desmond Seward, Penguin Books 1997 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Elizabeth York Enstam 9/1999 pp. 25 - 26
    
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Richard III's Books: Ideals And Reality In The Life And Library of A Medieval Prince

    Anne Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs, Sutton Publishing Ltd. 1997 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Elizabeth York Enstam 12/1999 pp. 22 - 23
    
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Richard of England
    Diana Kleyn, The Kensal Press 1990 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Lisa Lideks 6/2000 pp. 19 - 20

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Royal Blood: Richard III and The Mystery of the Princes
    Bertram Fields, 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 Pat Gallagher 12/1998 p. 22
    
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    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/1999 p. 25
    
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    Reviewed by Donna Schechter 3/1999 p. 23
    
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    Royal Blood: Richard III and The Mystery of the Princes
    Bertram Fields, ReganBooks, Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.           1998 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1998 p. 26
   
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    Reviewed by Sandra Worth 3/1999 p. 24
    
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Royal Whodunits

    Mike Ashley, ed., Carroll & Graf 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1999 p. 25
    
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Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm
    Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., et al, Oxford University Press 1996 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Peggy Allen 12/1998 pp. 23 - 24
    
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The Scottish 100
    Duncan A. Bruce, Carroll & Graf, NY 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 22
    
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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
    Robin Maxwell, Simon & Schuster 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Helen Cure 9/1999 pp. 26 - 27
    
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Secret History: The Truth About Richard III and The Princes

    R. E. Collins and J. Denning, The Plantagenet Press 1996 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1999 pp. 23 - 24
    
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The Serpents of Harbledown

    Edward Marston, St. Martin's Press 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 26
    
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Shakespeare's Kings
    John Julius Norwich, Viking 1999 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Jonathan Hayes 9/2000 p. 25
    
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She Captains
    Joan Druett, Wheeler Publishing, Inc., Rockland, MA 2000
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
    
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Silent Knight
    Tori Phillips, Harlequin 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 26
    
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The Silent Woman

    Edward Marston, Ballentine 1994 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 p. 15
    
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The Sins of Madam Eglantine and Other Essays on Chaucer

    Richard Rex, University of Delaware Press 1995 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Cheryl Elliot 12/1996 p. 22 - 23
    
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The Slaying Of The Shrew

    Simon Hawke, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, NY 2001 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 27
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The Spider's Web

    Peter Tremayne, St. Martin's Press 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 26
    
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Split Heirs
    Lawrence Watt Evans & Ester M. Freisner, Tom Doherty Associates 1993 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/1999 p. 20
    
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A Spy for the Redeemer
    Candace Robb, Random House, London, 1999
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 6/2001 p. 24
    
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The Squire's Tale
    Margaret Frazer, Berkley Publishing, NY, 2000, ISBN 0-475-17678-9
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 p. 26
    
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The Stallions of Woodstock

    Edward Marston, St. Martin's Press 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 26
    
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Stolen Heiress
    Joanna Makepeace, Mills & Boon 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 pp. 25 - 26
    
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A Stolen Tongue

    Sheri Holman, Atlantic Monthly Press 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1998 pp. 26 - 27
   
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The Subtle Serpent
    Peter Tremayne, New American Library, Penguin Putnam 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 26
    
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A Tapestry of Murders
    P. C. Doherty, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 23
    
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The Temptress
    Claire Delacroix, Dell Publishing, NY 2001 fiction
    Reviewed by Teresa Eckford 12/2001 pp. 20 - 21
    
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The Terrible Tudors

    Terry Dreary & Neil Tonge, Scholastic Children's Books fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1999 p. 22
    
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Thirteenth Night
    Alan Gordon, St. Martin's Press, NY 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 21
    
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Three Dog Knight
    Tori Phillips, Harlequin 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/1999 pp. 19 - 20
    
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The Three Edwards
    Thomas Costain, Doubleday & Co. 1958, 1962, Buccaneer Books 1997 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 3/2002 pp. 26 - 27
    
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Through The Glass Window Shines The Sun, An Anthology Of Medieval Poetry And Prose
    Pamela Norris, ed., Little Brown & Company 1995 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1996 p. 24
    
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Thy Name Is Love
    Diana Rubino, Domham Books, NY 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 20
    
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The Tidal Poole

    Karen Harper, Delacorte Press/Random House 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/2002 p. 27
    
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The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families In Medieval England

    Barbara A. Hanawalt, Oxford University Press 1986 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1996 pp. 19 - 20
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The Time Before You Die - A Novel of the Reformation
    Lucy Beckett, Ignatius Press 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 6/2000 p. 16
   
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To Ruin a Queen
    Fiona Buckley, Scribner, NY, c. 2000, ISBN 0-684-86268-0
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 6/2001 p. 24
    
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To Say Nothing of The Dog
    Connie Willis, Bantam Books 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/1999 p. 20

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To Shield The Queen
    Fiona Buckley, Scribner 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 12/1999 p. 22
    
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To Wear the White Cloak
    Sharan Newman, Tom Doherty Associates, NY, 2000, ISBN 0-312-86965
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 p. 26
    
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A Trail of Blood

    Jeremy Potter, The McCall Publishing Co. 1970 fiction
    Reviewed by Michael Biongiorno 3/1999 pp. 22 - 23
    
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    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 12/2000 p. 27
    
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A Trust Betrayed
    Candace Robb, William Heinemann 2000
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/2001 pp. 20 - 21
    
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The Tudor Housewife
    Alison Sim, Sutton Publishing, Stroud & Montreal 1999
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 pp. 21 - 22
    
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Under The Hog
    Patrick Carleton, E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc. 1938 fiction
    reissued by The Richard III Society 1994
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1996 p. 23
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    Reviewed by Lisa Lideks 6/2000 p. 16

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Uppity Women Of Medieval Times
    Vicki Leon, Copari Press, Berkley, CA 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
    
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V

A Vision of Light
    Judith Markle Riley, Delacorte Press 1989 fiction
    Reviewed by Siobhan Burke 9/1998 p. 21
   
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W

The Wandering Arm
    Sharan Newman, Tom Doherty Associates 1995 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 p. 17
   
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The Wars of the Roses Through The Lives of Five Men and Women of The Fifteenth Century

    Desmond Seward, Viking fiction
    Reviewed by Roxane Murph 12/1998 pp. 24 - 25
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The Wars of the Roses
    J.R. Lander, Sutton Publishing, 1990, reprinted by Grange Books 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 p. 22
    
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The Wars of the Roses
    Alison Weir, Ballantine Books non-fiction
    Reviewed by Roxane Murph 12/1998 pp. 24 - 25

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The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England c. 1437 - 1509

    Christine Carpenter, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & NY 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 pp. 22 - 23
    
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The Warwick Heiress
    Margaret Abbey, Pinnacle Books 1973 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1997 pp. 17 - 18
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The Whitechapel Conspiracy
    Anne Perry, Ballantine, NY, 2001, ISBN 0-345-43328-9
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 p. 27
    
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The Widow's Kiss

    Jane Feather, Bantam, NY 2000
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 22
    
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The Wife of Shore: A Search
    Arthur R.G. Solmssen, Mill Creek Press, Philadelphia, 2000
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2001 pp. 25 - 26
    
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Witch of the Palo Duro

    Mardi Oakley Medawar, St. Martin's Press 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1998 p. 21
   
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The Wizard's Shadow
    Susan Dexter, Ballentine Books 1995 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 6/2000 p. 17

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The Wolves of Savernake
    Edward Marston, Ballentine 1993 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 p. 15
   
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Women Who Ruled
    Guida Jackson, Barnes and Noble 1990 & 1998
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
    
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World Access -- The Handbook for Citizens of the Earth

    Kathryn & Ross Petras, Fireside 1996 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1999 p. 22
    
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World English: From Aloha To Zed
    Robert Hendrickson, John Wiley & Sons 2001 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 25
    
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Y

Year of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook
    Antony Sher, Chatto & Windus 1985 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Margaret Drake 9/1996 pp. 19 - 20
    
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