Murders and Other Confusions: The Chronicles of Susanna, Lady Appleton, 16th Century Gentlewoman, Herbalist and Sleuth by Kathy Lynn Emerson

2004 beige hardcover w green DJ in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping.
Susanna, Lady Appleton was a gentlewoman, a herbalist (author of A Cautionary Herbal, being a compendium of plants harmful to the health) and an expert crime-solver during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I, Queens of England during the turbulent 16th century. It was a time when religious differences were fought with the sword and the torture chamber, and an ardent Protestant could be burned at the stake for heresy under the rule Mary and an fervent Catholic could be executed for treason under the rule of Elizabeth.
In these eleven stories (five of which are previously unpublished), Susanna investigates a body found in a dovecote, death by Devils Turnips, the woman whose babies always died by being "overlaid"; the use of a Neck Verse to save a condemned prisoners life, the mysterious tavern sign of a woolsack, and other cases full of the color and danger of the 16th century.
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Norfolk: Crippen & Landra, 2004. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #7 of 225cc signed by Emerson. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Includes separate pamphlet printing the story 'Excerpts From a Contemporary Herbal...'.

Norfolk: Crippen & Landra, 2004. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Printing. #87 of 225 signed by the author. Very good hardback in a jacket that is lightly sunned on the spine. Lacking the pamphlet.

Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited and signed edition, numbered 44 of a total print run of 225. Signed by Author. Contains loose, separately printed pamphlet entitled 'A Cautionary Herbal, being a compendium of plants harmful to the health' by S.A., edited, annotated, and translated into 21st-century English by Kathy Lynn Emerson. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.

Norfolk: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2004. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Limited edition #181/225. Tan cloth covered boards, titles in metallic blue at spine, book body clean and tight, signed by author on limitation page, small chapbook laid-in. Color illustrated dust jacket, price intact. Protected in archival brodart. By Author.

New York: Crippen & Landru, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Number 11 of 225 copies numbered and Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Includes a separately printed pamphlet "Excerpts from A Cautionary Herbal, Being A Compendium of Plants Harmful To The Heatl by S.A.

Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, Publishers, 2004. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, one of 225 copies [this being #155] bound in cloth and SIGNED and numbered by the author. Accompanying each copy is a seperately printed pamphlet "excerpts from A Cautionary Herbal, being a compendium of plants, harmful to the health by S.A." Susanna, Lady Appleton was a gentlewoman, a herbalist and expert crime solver during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I, Queens of England during the turbulent 16th century. Eleven stories -- five of which are previously unpublished. New introduction and historical notes to each story by the author, and a checklist of Kathy Lynn Emerson's novels and stories. Susanna, Lady Appleton was a gentlewoman, a herbalist (author of A Cautionary Herbal, being a compendium of plants harmful to the health) and an expert crime-solver during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I, Queens of England during the turbulent 16th century. It was a time when… Read More

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Clothbound. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies of which this is #197. Signed by the author on the limitation page. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Collects eleven stories, five of which are published here for the first time, and includes a checklist of books and stories by Emerson. Comes with the separately printed pamphlet titled "Excerpts from A Cautionary Herbal, being a compendium of plants harmful to the health". An attractive copy. ; Octavo; 226 pages; Signed by Author.