The Dusty Bookcase

Shackles Madge Macbeth New York: Waterson, 1927 282 pages The first three pages of Shackles  take the form of a letter written by the author...

The Tent of the Wicked Robert Switzer New York: Signet, 1956 128 pages We begin in a despot's bedroom. Six soldiers enter, one throws th...

Mist of Morning Isabel Ecclestone Mackay Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1919 407 pages "We're piling up fireworks all around — ...

  I Was Going Anyway Robert Switzer New York: Macmillan, 1961 121 pages Robert Switzer flew under my radar for decades, it was only last mon...

The Invisible Gate Constance Beresford-Howe New York: Dodd, Mead, 1949 241 pages I met Constance Beresford-Howe at the 1991 opening of a Tor...

The Woman Who Didn't Victoria Cross  [Annie Sophie Cory] London: Lane, 1909 159 pages The narrator is a British soldier who is returning...