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

"Atmospheric and cunningly plotted." -BOOKLIST

It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes in this dizzying Dickensian romp, as the canonical author risks ruining his reputation-and losing his life-all for love and justice.

Someone is threatening Angela Burdett-Coutts, the banker, feminist, and philanthropist, one of the richest, most powerful women in England. Soon after she alerts her friend Charles Dickens to the threats, the Coutts Bank is robbed, and a member of the Women's Eman...