"Emma" - Kaoru Mori

Cursed serials!!! Yeah, I don't do manga much. But this sounded good...

...It was good. Detail was amazing, story was cute, the side-characters were intriguing. Of course, having said that, I've only read 3 of the 10 volumes!! I'm committed.

A 10-volume set, over 4,000 pages of Manga Victorian England. So well done.

A Japanese woman authored these books. They were serialized in Japan and, 10 years later, are being translated into English. She tells stories in the afterwords about her fanmail, interviews, and editor. She's never been to England, is alive now so never lived through the time period, her fanaticism with details. It's quite fascinating.

Read Also:

Try some Graphic Shakespeare, Shakespeare plays turned into graphic novels! by Vincent Goodwin.

Check out BBC America and PBS. "Downton Abbey," "Upstairs, Downstairs," or any other British class-system show. 

"The Underdog and Other Stories" - Agatha Christie

Who doesn't love a good mystery? And Agatha Christie is the Dame!

Nine of Christie's famous detective's stories, Hercule Poirot learns something about what appears mundane, can turn into cases he can't let go.

I am always amazed by the techniques Christie uses in her mysteries. These were some of the simpler ones (they are short stories) so I wasn't blown away. However, they were interesting for what can be learned about British society. My favorite might be "The Adventures of the Clapham Cook."

Read Also:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Red-Headed League" had some similar elements to the Clapham Cook story.

Susan Elia MacNeal's "Maggie Hope" series are British WWII mysteries.

Ashley Gardner's "Captain Lacey" series are Regency England mysteries. (I didn't like these ones that much, dark and all, but the detailed backgrounds are fascinating).