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Barbara Hambly

28 August 1951 -

Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction. She has a bestselling mystery series featuring a free man of color, a musician and physician, in New Orleans in the antebellum years. She also wrote a novel about Mary Todd Lincoln.

Her science fiction novels occur within an explicit multiverse, as well as within previously existing settings (notably as established by Star Trek and Star Wars).

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  • Cover of: Free Man of Color (Benjamin January)

    First published in 1998 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1995 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1992 2 editions
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    First published in 1996 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1994 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1991 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1988 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1994 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The emancipator's wife: a novel of Mary Todd Lincoln

    First published in 2008 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition emancipatorswife00hamb
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  • Cover of: Ran away

    First published in 2011 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ranawaybenjaminj00barb
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    First published in 1993 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, January, benjamin (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, New orleans (la.), fiction, African americans, fiction, Vampires, fiction, Free African Americans, Private investigators, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, horror, Vampires, African American men, Asher, james (fictitious character), fiction, Benjamin January (Fictitious character), Darwath (imaginary place), fiction, Ingold inglorion (fictitious character), fiction, Waynest, jenny (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, Fiction, historical, History, Dragons, Fantasy fiction, Louisiana, fiction, Women
Places
New Orleans (La.), United States, Louisiana, New Orleans, Dorset Street, England, Great Britain, London, London (England), Mexico, Montreal, Natchez-under-the-Hill (Natchez, Miss.), New England, New Orlean, Quirinal Hill (Italy), Rocky Mountains, Rome, Russia, Russia (Federation), Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg (Russia), Transylvania (Romania), Tullyfane Abbey, Virginia, Whitby (England)
People
Benjamin January (Fictitious character), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882), Sally Hemings, Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams (1744-1818), Benjamin January (Fictional character), Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison (1768-1849), George Washington, Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character), Inspector Lestrade, James (Fictitious character) Asher, James Madison, John Adams, John H. Watson, Jory Hull, Lord Hull, Martha Washington, Martha Washington (1731-1802), Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock (Fictitious character) Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), Thomas Jefferson
Time
19th century, 1837-1901, Victoria, 18th century, 18th-19th century, 1900-1917, 1904-1914, Civil War, 1861-1865, Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Revolution, 1775-1783, Trajan, 98-117

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July 17, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
May 23, 2023 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
March 14, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
March 14, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import