Hambly, Barbara

Overview

Works:	267 works in 1,075 publications in 8 languages and 44,438 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Historical fiction Detective and mystery fiction Science fiction Fantasy fiction Star Wars fiction History Domestic fiction Horror tales Horror fiction
Roles:	Author, Creator
Classifications:	PS3558.A4215, 813.54

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Barbara Hambly

Dark alleys of noir by Paradoxa( Book )
Wet grave by Barbara Hambly( )
Dark alleys of noir( Book )

Most widely held works by Barbara Hambly

Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly( Book )

28 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,715 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Princess Leia and Han Solo brave dangers to investigate a lost colony of Jedi children on the planet Belsavis. The novel introduces many new life forms. By the author of Those Who Hunt the Night

Planet of twilight by Barbara Hambly( Book )

23 editions published between 1997 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On a barren and remote planet, a ruthless warlord seeking to exploit its vast mineral wealth kidnaps Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker searches for his long-lost love Callista, and a long-dormant, sentient lifeform is awakening to threaten the entire galaxy. This novel takes place during the New Republic Era which takes places from 5 to 25 years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. This story begins 12 years after the Battle of Yavin

The emancipator's wife : a novel of Mary Todd Lincoln by Barbara Hambly( Book )

21 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and held by 1,533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1865, in the wake of her husband's assassination, Mary Todd Lincoln struggles to cope amid the animosity and confusion that surrounds her, in a historical novel that captures the saga of one of the most misunderstood women in American history

Patriot hearts : a novel of the founding mothers by Barbara Hambly( Book )

15 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 1,376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The triumphs and turmoil of early America are revealed through fictional portraits of four women--Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Sally Hemings, and Dolley Madison--who played key roles during four presidential administrations

A free man of color by Barbara Hambly( Book )

14 editions published between 1997 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A historical mystery in 1830s New Orleans whose protagonist is a free man of color. Dr. Benjamin January, back in America after 15 years in Paris where he became a surgeon, goes to the help of a woman. In revenge, he is framed by her enemies for murder and must clear his name. A look at the complicated race relations of the period in New Orleans

Those who hunt the night by Barbara Hambly( Book )

28 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The vampires had been living in London since the time of Elizabeth I, but now they were being ruthlessly murdered by someone who ripped their coffins open for the light of day to burn them to ashes. No vampire could endure the daylight to destroy the murderer. They had to turn to a mortal human for aid

Die upon a kiss by Barbara Hambly( Book )

18 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 1,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1835 New Orleans, Benjamin January, a free man of color, becomes caught up in a deadly plot when he rescues opera impresario Lorenzo Belaggio, who has brought a production of the opera "Othello" to town, from a violent attack

Wet grave by Barbara Hambly( Book )

18 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 1,232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the body of an elderly freedwoman turns up near a decrepit shack, Benjamin January and his lover Rose become involved in an investigation into a crime that could be linked to rumors of a fortune in hidden gold

Days of the dead by Barbara Hambly( Book )

13 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 1,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1838, when a friend is accused of killing the son of a powerful Mexican landowner, Benjamin January and his wife, Rose, head to Mexico City to uncover the truth and find a city torn by political unrest and violence

Fever season by Barbara Hambly( Book )

14 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A black American surgeon fights racism as he works alongside whites during a cholera epidemic in 1830s New Orleans. What particularly disturbs the French-trained Benjamin January, a free man of color, is that many other free men are disappearing. Are they victims of cholera or a human hand?

Graveyard dust by Barbara Hambly( Book )

14 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 19th century New Orleans, free man of color Benjamin January tries to clear the name of his sister, a voodoo practitioner. She is accused of supplying the arsenic which a woman used to kill her husband

Sold down the river by Barbara Hambly( Book )

17 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Benjamin January, a musician in New Orleans, returns to the slavery of Mon Triomphe, Simon Fourchet's upriver sugar plantation, to unravel secrets and sins which have manifested in a mysterious fire, a poisoning, a murder, and voodoo curse marks

Good man Friday by Barbara Hambly( Book )

11 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in English and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Benjamin January's search for a missing man takes him into a dark world filled with grave robbers and slave stealers. New Orleans, 1838. When Benjamin January suddenly finds that his services playing piano at extravagant balls held by the city's wealthy are no longer required, he ends up agreeing to accompany sugar planter Henri Viellard and his young wife, Chloë, on a mission to Washington to find a missing friend. Plunged into a murky world, it soon becomes clear that while it is very possible the Viellards' friend is dead, his enemies are very much alive - and ready to kill anyone who gets in their way"--Amazon.com

Ran away : a Benjamin January novel by Barbara Hambly( Book )

9 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 1,012 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a witness claims to have seen Hüseyin Pasha hurl two girls' dead bodies from his attic window on Bourbon Street, everyone in New Orleans is willing to believe the "devilish Infidel" is guilty except Benjamin January. Only Benjamin, driven by memories of his first meeting with the Turk in Paris ten years earlier, is willing to brave public outrage and mob violence to seek for the true culprit

Dead water by Barbara Hambly( Book )

10 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In turbulent nineteenth-century New Orleans, free man of color Benjamin January finds himself on a perilous steamboat ride that becomes an inescapable journey of death and murder

The shirt on his back by Barbara Hambly( Book )

9 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 991 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Abishag Shaw is seeking vengeance for his brother's murder -- and Benjamin January is seeking money after every bank in the country crashes. Far beyond the frontier, in the depths of the Rocky Mountains, both are to be found at the great Rendezvous of the Mountain Men. And during that month-long orgy of cheap booze, shooting-matches, tall tales and cut-throat trading, something else is found instead: the corpse of a murdered gentleman whom nobody recognizes, clean-shaven, perfumed, and clothed on in a pair of black kid gloves."--Cover

Dead and buried by Barbara Hambly( Book )

9 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 985 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When free black musician and surgeon Benjamin January attends the funeral of a friend, an accident tips the dead man out of his coffin--only to reveal an unexpected inhabitant. Set in New Orleans in 1836

Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly( Book )

34 editions published between 1985 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 884 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the Black Dragon seizes the Deep of Ylferdun, John Aversin, the only living man ever to slay a dragon agrees to challenge the dragon, accompanied by Jenny Waynest, a half-taught sorceress and the mother of his sons

Traveling with the dead by Barbara Hambly( Book )

15 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Former British secret service agent James Asher squares off with Don Simon Ysidro, oldest and most cunning of London's vampires. A tale of international espionage involving foreign governments in league with vampires. A sequel to Those Who Hunt the Night

Blood maidens by Barbara Hambly( Book )

8 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in English and held by 870 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

James Asher and his vampire partner Don Simon Ysidro travel to St. Petersburg in 1911 to investigate whether or not the kaiser is trying to build an army of vampires in preparation for war