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    Sword of Damocles
    Sword of Damocles
    Sword of Damocles
    Audiobook16 hours

    Sword of Damocles

    Written by Anna Katharine Green

    Narrated by Mary Bard

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    Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does indeed include several mysteries. There is a very brief appearance by her famous detective, Mr Gryce, but at the heart of the book, which is subtitled A Story of New York Life, are a number of very different love stories. (Summary by Mary Bard)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Anna Katharine Green

    Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935) was an American writer and one of the first authors of detective fiction in the United States. Her book The Leavenworth Case, published in 1878, became a wildly successful bestseller. Green went on to write dozens of mysteries and detective novels. She died in Buffalo, New York. 

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