“An extraordinary literary ‘whodunnit’ over the identity of a mystery reviewer who savaged works by some of Britain’s leading academics on the Amazon website has culminated in a top historian admitting that the culprit was, in fact, his wife.”
The wife of Professor Orlando Figes, Dr Stephanie Palmer, was anonymously attacking the works of her husband’s rivals, an interesting story in and of itself. But the “scandal” has some folks wondering, “should all online reviewers be forced to reveal their identities?”
