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A presentation given by Dr. Christine Myers. Dr. Myers is an independent historian and freelance writer who lives in Monmouth. She earned her doctorate in 19th & 20th-century comparative British & U.S. history from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland in 2000. Currently, she’s researching how murder was studied in Victorian Scottish universities across various disciplines. For fun, she reads and writes Sanditon fanfiction and is also an active member of the WCPL Book Group.