About the Author

W.B. Marsh was born and has lived in New York, as well as Paris, Milan, Helsinki, Madrid, London, Tokyo, Vienna and Brussels. On his birthday - 26 October - the legendary 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' took place at Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881. Bruce Carrick has worked in book publishing for many years in New York and London, at Scribners, Doubleday, Macmillan and elsewhere. On his birthday in 1897 Marcel Proust had a duel with fellow writer Jean Lorrain.

Reviews

A fascinating pot pourri that will appeal to lovers of historical trivia -- Good Book Guide