Rating: 5/10 Accuracy: Pleasant period detail on 1869 London and on Wilkie Collins, but the history…

Rating: 6/10 Accuracy: Lively on antebellum New Orleans, with its Creole society, duelling codes and voodoo…

Rating: 6/10 Accuracy: Good on Georgian London and on the early days of organised policing under…

Rating: 7/10 Accuracy: Pleasantly evocative of Edwardian society, with its manners, dress and scandals, though the…

Rating: 7/10 Accuracy: Strong on the founding of the Metropolitan Police in 1829 and the public…

Rating: 6/10 Accuracy: Good on the Boulogne camp of 1805, Napoleon’s planned invasion of Britain, and…

Rating: 8/10 Accuracy: Carr knew Restoration London closely and appended notes explaining his sources. Plot: A…

Rating: 6/10 Accuracy: Lively on Regency London’s prisons, boxing, gaming and dress, but the history serves…