· Maryka Biaggio, a former psychology professor, has many scholarly publishing credits to her name, but Parlor Games is her debut novel. Maryka loves the challenge of starting with actual historical figures and dramatizing their lives—imagining what motivated them to behave as the did, studying how the cultural and historical context may have influenced them, and recreating some Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Maryka Biaggio. I'm a psychology professor turned novelist who specializes in historical fiction based on real people. I enjoy the challenge of starting with actual people and dramatizing their lives– figuring out what motivated them to behave as they did and recreating their . "Based on a true story, Biaggio's narrative provides an engaging glimpse into a character who categorically eludes our attempts to define her." - Kirkus "Parlor Games is a captivating tale narrated by the irresistible and deliciously unreliable con-woman, May Dugas. Her escapades, which span the Gilded Age right through the turn-of-the-century, immediately transport the reader to a bygone era.
Summary. Television series inspired by Maryka Biaggio's novel "Parlor Games." Advertisement. Powered By. IMDB. Title: Parlor Games Author: Maryka Biaggio Genre: Fiction (Historical / Gilded Age / 19th century / 20th century / Michigan / Chicago / Courtesan / New York City / London / Pinkerton / Marriage) Publisher/Publication Date: Doubleday (1/15/) Source: The publisher. Rating: Loved -- I couldn't put this down. Did I finish?: Oh yes -- I really couldn't stand not reading it! " Parlor Games is a captivating tale narrated by the irresistible and deliciously unreliable con-woman May Dugas. Her escapades, which span the Gilded Age right through the turn-of-the-century, immediately transport the reader to a bygone era.
Doubleday published her debut novel, PARLOR GAMES, in EDEN WAITS, based on the true story of a utopian community founded in the s, was published in and was an Editors' Choice in the Historical Novels Review. Her third novel, THE POINT OF VANISHING (), is based on the true story of writer Barbara Follett. Maryka Biaggio, PhD. Maryka Biaggio. PARLOR GAMES The Pinkertons branded her a crafty blackmailer, but to her Dutch Baron husband she was the most glamorous woman to grace Europe’s shores. Was the real May Dugas a cold-hearted enchantress, an able provider for her poor family, or a free-spirited globe-trotter?. Parlor Games by Maryka Biaggio is a historical fiction, based off of the events of a real trial, which I admittedly didn’t know when I first read the book. The story is May’s retelling of her life choices and events which lead to her famous trial, telling an amusing story, but one which makes you consider the evidence placed against her, and the way May explains what happened.
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