Contents

On the Wings of History • KARIN ALTENBERG

Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy

Murder Most English • janet walkinshaw

The Flaxborough novels of Colin Watson

Love and Loss in Brussels • HELEN MACEWAN

Charlotte Brontë, Villette

Oh Nancy, Nancy! • SAM LEITH

The Nancy Drew mysteries

Striking Sparks • DEREK PARKER

Editing the Poetry Review

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