Revelations of a Lady Detective

Name: Revelations of a Lady Detective
Author: William Stephens Hayward

Auteur: William Stephens Hayward

Taal: Engels

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

Vergelijk met andere artikelen

Bekijk nu

Auteur: William Stephens Hayward

Engels
Paperback
9780712358965
15 maart 2013
320 pagina's

Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

In nineteenth-century London, middle-class women did not engage in what were seen as unladylike activities. There were many jobs that a woman simply could not be expected to do because they were viewed as unsuitable for finer female sensibilities. The idea of a woman being involved in the murkiness of criminal detection must have seemed a radical and adventurous one in Victorian times: women simply did not do that sort of thing. And yet, in 1864, to the delight of men and women alike, two male authors published novels starring a female detective.

William Stephens Hayward published Revelations of a Lady Detective just six months after Andrew ForrestersThe Female Detective (republished by the British Library in 2012), making Haywards the second novel ever published to feature a female detective. Haywards heroine, Mrs. Paschal, is a very different character from her predecessor, Forresters G. For a start, Mrs. Paschal is shown smoking on the front coveran activity considered very modern and daring for women, even in the late nineteenth century. She is a widow, left close to financial ruin by the death of her husband, and supports herself through her detective work. This much racier female detective is however equally inventive, intuitive, and insightful, and with a Colt revolver in hand she works her way through a variety of cases involving theft, murder, and kidnapping.

This very rare novel will be welcomed by all fans of Victorian crime fiction.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 maart 2013
Aantal pagina's: 320
Illustraties: Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur: William Stephens Hayward
Hoofduitgeverij: The British Library Publishing Division

Overige kenmerken

Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 134 mm
Product hoogte: 27 mm
Product lengte: 190 mm
Verpakking breedte: 132 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm
Verpakking lengte: 190 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 183 g

EAN

EAN: 9780712358965

Je vindt dit artikel in

Categorieën: Thrillers & Spanning

Detectives

Boeken
Taal: Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Studieboek of algemeen: Algemene boeken

Reviews

Nog geen reviews

Hoe controleren en plaatsen wij reviews? Hoe controleren en plaatsen wij reviews?

Negatief, positief, neutraal: we zetten een review altijd online. We controleren wel eerst of ’ie voldoet aan onze reviewvoorwaarden en niet nep is. We controleren ook of ’ie is geschreven door iemand die het artikel heeft gekocht via bol.com en zetten dit er dan bij. De controles gebeuren automatisch, al kijken er soms mensen mee. Bol.com betaalt niet voor reviews. Als een reviewer door een andere partij is vergoed, staat dit in de review zelf.