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It’s summer, and that means swimming. And in the film My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle mentions a ring Professor Higgins bought for her at Brighton. In G.B. Shaw’s play Pygmalion, the ring is mentioned �� but there’s no mention of it being bought at Brighton. However, such rings would be common “trinkets�� or souvenirs after ...

While everyone got caught up in the characters, costumes, and bon mots of Maggie Smith on ‘Downton Abbey��, another entertaining British series, ‘Mr. Selfridge��, was also appearing on PBS Sunday evenings. ‘Mr. Selfridge�� has just ended its wonderful fourth and final season. The series tells the story of American businessman Harry Gordon Selfridge, who came ...

Malice Domestic is a reader-author convention held in late April or early May each year at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Maryland. “Established in 1989, Malice Domestic® is an annual “fun fan�� convention saluting the traditional mystery—books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie.�� And who doesn’t love a great Agatha Christie mystery! The ...

April 15, 2016 marks the 104th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. History lovers may honor the occasion with a moment of silence and/or another viewing of Leo and Kate in the 1997 blockbuster film. The doomed voyage of the Titanic is the most famous disaster of an era still recognizable as Edwardian. Although […]

As the sixth season of Downton Abbey plays out �� hopefully to a happy conclusion for all our favorite characters �� fans are curious about the creator, Julian Fellowes. What exactly IS the secret to his success? He answered it a while back in a UK’s Daily Mail article several years ago. “Julian Fellowes, the […]

Malice Domestic has just announced the 2015 nominees for the Agatha Award. And we are pleased that two fellow Sleuths in Time authors, Tessa Arlen and Susannah Calkins, are among them! Last year, D.E. Ireland was thrilled to be nominated and we know these talented writers will enjoy the excitement of being honored at this […]

D.E. Ireland wants to wish all their readers a wonderful 2016 �� with plenty of books, a warm cozy fire, and a fuzzy blanket. So far, the winter is pretty warm, but we know cold weather is just around the corner along with a flurry or two, icy roads, or a full-on blizzard. Both Sharon […]

In Europe, well wishers sent handmade paper greeting cards as early as the 15th century; Valentine cards were especially popular. Beginning around 1400, religious minded Germans exchanged ‘Andachtsbilders��: New Year’s greeting cards printed from woodcuts. Since these cards were handmade and hand-delivered, sending greeting cards was an expensive proposition. In the early years of the […]

Motoring became a new craze at the turn of the century �� and of course, men signed on to see just how fast cars could race. It’s quite possible that Professor Henry Higgins, Colonel Pickering, and Freddy Eynsford Hill would all be intrigued by how cars would race each other across fields or down roads. […]

ENTER THE RAFFLECOPTER TO WIN  An AUTOGRAPHED hardcover COPY Valued at $27 of our latest historical mystery �� In the second book from talented writing team D.E. Ireland, famous literary characters Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins once again come to life as a hilarious investigative team. Move Your Blooming Corpseexplores the Edwardian racing world and the […]