Peter Graham
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On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme-- better known as bestselling mystery writer Anne Perry-- and Pauline Parker went for a walk in a New Zealand park with Pauline's mother, Honorah. When Honorah Parker was found in a pool of blood with the brick used to bludgeon her to death close at hand, Juliet and Pauline confessed to the killing. Their motive: a plan to escape to the United States to become writers, and Honorah's determination to keep...
6) Lord Byron
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Situates the 19th-century author-icon and his literary achievements in various contexts. A concise biography considers all of Byron's major poems grouped according to literary kind or genre. Separate chapters are devoted to Byron's accomplishments as lyricist, satirist, tale - teller, dramatist, and contriver of the narratives "Childe Harold" and "Don Juan". For general readers and specialists.