FR>  Great series. I've read 3 or 4 of them--everything but the most recent 
one.
 FR> Great fun and yes, a relatively painless way to learn some history.
 I've moved on from "Silver Pigs" to "Shadows in Bronze."
 FR>  The historical mysteries are becoming quite popular in the past decade 
or so.
 FR> The "Brother Cadfael" series is a great favorite of mine--unfortunately, 
Ellis
 FR> Peters died recently--she will be missed.
 I've not read any of these but will do so as soon as I can lay hands
 on one at the local used book store.
 FR>  I also enjoy the Anne Perry
 FR> "Inspector Monk" Victorian mysteries--perhaps it should be "Private
 FR> Investigator Monk" now.
 I think I read one of these and wasn't interested enough to hunt up
 another one.
 FR>  The Judge Dee mysteries are also interesting--although I'm uncertain as 
to
 FR> their authorship.  I'm not sure whether they were all written by Van 
Gulik in
 FR> the 20th century, or were Chinese tales which he translated, or are a
 FR> combination of the two--some he translated and some he wrote himself.
 I'd like to try this series, too.
 * JABBER v1.2 * If stupidity is its own punishment, some of us are doing 
life.
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