The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Hardcover
by Sara Lodge
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300277883ISBN-10:300277881UPC:9780300277883Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Europe, Women, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Great Britain, WomenSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SC6WC3NF5D
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account--and how they became a cultural sensation From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image of the Victorian detective is male. Few people realise that women detectives successfully investigated Victorian Britain, working both with the police and for private agencies, which they sometimes...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300277883ISBN-10:300277881UPC:9780300277883Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Europe, Women, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Great Britain, WomenSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SC6WC3NF5D
Sara Lodge is senior lecturer in Victorian literature and culture at the University of St Andrews. Her last book, Inventing Edward Lear, was described by Jenny Uglow as "by far the best thing I have ever read on Lear."
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