The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective, Sara Lodge

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective, Sara LodgeNew Paperback A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to accountand how they became a cultural sensation Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize 2025 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

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