1843-1916

Traces the origins, development, and flowering of the intellectual family, from its eighteenth-century Irish origins to the death of the novelist Henry James in 1916.

Provides biographical information about nineteenth-century American author Henry James, and features analyses of five of his short stories, each with a plot summary, list of characters, and a selection of critical excerpts.

Explores the influence of two women on the work of nineteenth-century author Henry James, including his cousin Minny Temple, the heroine of his youth in New England, and writer Constance Fenimore Woolson, a friend of his middle years.

Recreates the last twenty years of novelist Henry James's life in England.

Presents an account of the murder of Iowa farmer John Hossack in December 1900, drawing from newspaper accounts, government documents, unpublished memoirs, and the legal record to retrace the subsequent investigation, and the arrest and trial of his wife, Margaret.