The Daily Mail reports that E Nesbit copied parts of The Railway Children from The House by the Railway by Ada J Graves.
Graves is a very obscure writer. AbeBooks has only five copies of her books and no copies of The House by the Railway.
E Nesbit died in 1924 so she’s probably not too bothered by this story.
The great Long Island house which has been linked to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s opus The Great Gatsby is slated to be knocked down with the land divided up and turned into five seperate houses.
Jacket Copy Reports that “The home was built in 1902 and came to be owned by journalist Herbert Bayard Swope, one of the first recipients of the Pulitzer Prize and editor of the New York World. It was Swope’s parties that Fitzgerald was said to have attended. The history of the house — and its legendary influence on Fitzgerald — was reported by Forbes when the house was for sale in 2005.”
Today, we have announced that AbeBooks Europe has signed an agreement to acquire ZVAB.com – the German online marketplace for rare and antiquarian books. ZVAB.com has more 3,000 booksellers in 27 countries and offers a unique inventory of over 35 million used, antiquarian and out-of-print books in many languages. Read the press release.
The Beloved Dead by Tony Hays gets a starred review in the February 14th edition of Publishers Weekly!
Below is the full review:
Hays merges a suspenseful serial killer story line with a persuasive recreation of fifth-century Britain in his superior third Arthurian mystery (after 2010′s The Divine Sacrifice). Arthur ap Uther, “the Rigotamos, the High King of all Britannia,” who’s preparing for a politically expedient marriage, dispatches his chief adviser, Malgwyn ap Cuneglas, to escort his bride-to-be, Gwyneira, and her father, Aircol, back to Arthur’s stronghold. On the way, Malgwyn gets caught up in the search for a savage murderer, who sexually abuses young girls before slitting their throats. The investigator has to wonder whether the killings, which reawaken painful memories from his own past, are aimed at destabilizing Arthur’s authority, perpetually under threat from envious rivals. That Arthur remains in love with Malgwyn’s admirable cousin, Guinevere, only exacerbates tension between Malgwyn and the legendary king, who emerges as a plausible flesh-and-blood ruler. Both Arthur fans and historical whodunit devotees will be more than satisfied. (Apr.)
The Beloved Dead releases Marcyh29th, 2011, and be sure to check out the trade paperback edition of The Divine Sacrifice by Tony Hays, available March 1st, 2011.
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TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT makes its debut on the New York Times E-Book fiction bestseller list at #11 and debuts on the New York Times combined Print & E-Book fiction bestseller list at #16.
In other Wheel of Time news, NEW SPRING: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL debuted on the New York Times bestseller list for graphic novels at #2 last week.
Congratulations to all involved!
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