Book detective

Mistresse of the Golden Pen
Precious little is known about the life of the artist and calligrapher ESTHER INGLIS (1571-1624). She came to Scotland with her Huguenot family and originally learned lettering from her mother. Margaret Macaulay did some detective work and the results of her research were first published in Scottish Book Collector.
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Selim Aga.Writing a Mystery Story
Selim Aga, a Sudanese slave was brought in Alexandria and taken to Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1848. JAMES MCCARTHY has been researching this forgotten life.
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