A friend of mine who is a semi-professional photographer has just started sharing some of his photos on flickr here:
Another one of my friends, John Carter Wood of Obscene Desserts, has just started a blog about his book The Most Remarkable Woman in England: Poison, Celebrity and the Trials of Beatrice Pace (Manchester University Press, 2012). I had the pleasure of reading an early draft of the book, which is a fascinating history of a poisoning case that gripped England during the 1920s: Did Beatrice Pace slowly murder her husband with arsenic? John's book is written in crisp, accessible prose and studded with priceless quotations from contemporary news reports and court documents. It has as many plot twists as any detective story, and also casts fascinating sidelights on everything from early forensic science to press ethics to the status of women in inter-war England. Highly recommended!
Amazing: my first glowing review and the book hasn't even come out yet! Thanks!
Posted by: John Carter Wood | November 16, 2011 at 07:25 AM