The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens: The Strange Affair of the Feminist Phantom

Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins reveal the darker side of Victorian London—and a killer's identity—in this "well-crafted adventure" (Publishers Weekly).

Charles Dickens is smitten with Ellen Ternan, a teenage actress, and heads to the country to retrieve her from the home for fallen women run by Angela Burdett-Coutts—who also owns one of England's largest banks and has recently received an anonymous threatening note.

Back in London, Dickens and his fellow writer Wilkie Collins give ...