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The Modern Scholar: Detective Fiction

Written by: Professor M. Lee Alexander
Narrated by: Professor M. Lee Alexander
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From mysterious origins through the Victorian sleuths and the "Golden Age" of the genre (the 1920s through the 1940s) and to the present day, detective fiction, mysteries, and spy thrillers have consistently topped best-seller lists around the world.

Professor M. Lee Alexander provides listeners with a lively discussion of groundbreaking authors from Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle to Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming, and modern writers such as Nevada Barr and Jonathan Kellerman.

©2010 M. Lee Alexander (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC
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