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The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
By Sara Lodge
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By Sara Lodge
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A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and 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 managed themselves.
Sara Lodge recovers these forgott...