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Friday book list # 10: Whiskey Beach (Nora Roberts) and Venetia (Georgette Heyer)

I have two book lists to offer this week, both gleaned from books mentioned in romance novels. One is all fictional titles and the other all genuine titles. Lets start with Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts:  Fictional titles, both non-fiction, history: Calypso: Doomed Treasure by Charles G. Haversham Whiskey Beach: A Legacy of Mystery and Madness And now Venetia , by Georgette Heyer: Reference to the Greek and Latin texts is to the original languages in the novel, links here are to English translations. Poetry:  " The Corsair " by Lord Byron " Cherry-ripe " (by Thomas Campion) The Aeneid , The Georgics and The Eclogues by Virgil The Odes , The Satires and The Epistles by Horace Play: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Novels:  Guy Mannering (by Sir Walter Scott) Philosophy: Phaedo (by Plato) The Intellectual Powers of Man (as Intellectual Powers ) by Thomas Reid Non-fiction: Essay on the Principles of Translation by Alexander Fraser Tytl...

Friday book list # 3: Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

(?) after a title means I'm not sure its a real book/publication. Literature mentioned in Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers. Newspapers: The Morning Star and The Evening Banner (?). I know the Star exists, but am not sure about the Banner . It may have at the time of publication (1933). Non-fiction and reference: The Directory of Directors Bartlett's Familiar Quotations The Globe edition of the Works of William Shakespeare The Children's Encyclopaedia The Times Atlas Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (as Brewer) Novel: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (mentioned as Alice in Wonderland ) (by Lewis Carroll ) In addition, P.G. Wodehouse and Edgar Wallace are mentioned, but none of their books.