book: Ripper (2014) by Isabel Allende, trans 2014 by Ollie Brock & Frank Wynne

I bought this a while ago in the form of the Fourth Estate paperback. (Back in the dawn of time, Fourth Estate was a splendid UK indie publisher. I see it’s now just another organism in the Murdoch STD.) It was only when I started reading the book the other day that I registered that (a) the text ... Read full article

Isabel Johnston, Writing Royalty

Isabel Johnston Graduation Photo; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 15, 1919 The Johnston Family: Isabel Johnston was born on July 16, 1898, to John Parry Johnston and Isabel M. McElheny,[1] in Brooklyn, New York. John and Isabel who were married in November of 1894,[2] also had celebrated the birth of t... Read full article

Isabel Johnston, Writing Royalty

Isabel Johnston Graduation Photo; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 15, 1919 The Johnston Family: Isabel Johnston was born on July 16, 1898, to John Parry Johnston and Isabel M. McElheny,[1] in Brooklyn, New York. John and Isabel who were married in November of 1894,[2] also had celebrated the birth of t... Read full article