Welcome!
Welcome to the Russell James pages
You may know that I’m the author of twelve novels, crime and historical, and have published four illustrated biographical encyclopedias:
Great British Fictional Detectives and its companion,
Great British Fictional Villains, followed by
The Pocket Guide to Victorian Writers & Poets and now
The Pocket Guide to Victorian Artists & Models.
But coming up, early summer 2012, is my latest, The Exhibitionists. For more info on this, or indeed on any of my books, click on the relevant page (to the right).
You can read several now as ebooks. Sample one of my titles free by clicking either of the links below.
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Several are also available as Kindle downloads direct from Amazon
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Two recent titles (that’s Print-on-Paper books, not ebooks) are
A POCKET GUIDE TO VICTORIAN ARTISTS & MODELS
published by Remember When
(an imprint of Pen & Sword)
Recommended price £12.99
(probably lower on the net)
ISBN 978 1 84468 095 5
Read all about it on the Victorian Artists & Models page.
and . . .
A POCKET GUIDE TO VICTORIAN WRITERS & POETS
published by Remember When (an imprint of Pen & Sword)
Recommended price £12.99 (probably lower on the net)
ISBN 978 1 84468 083 2
Read all about it on the Victorian Writers & Poets page.
A Pocket Guide to Victorian Writers and Poets, published August 2010, is a lot more than you might expect from a ‘pocket guide’ – giving details of some 250 writers and poets, famous and not so famous, ranging from Dickens, Thackeray and Collins to Wilde and the Decadents; from the Brontes to McGonagall; Ashbee the pornographer to Prest and Rymer (the Penny Dreadful scribes). Lots of fascinating facts about their lives and work, plus, of course, some great pictures.
“It is racy and readable and knowledgeable and interesting. I love its friendly tone which makes me feel I’m talking to … someone who’s telling me all the inside ‘goss’ and ‘info’ on something he knows a lot about … Its combination of wit, scholarship and shrewd judgement is a brilliant one.” – Jane Serraillier.
