Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.
In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.
But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.
Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.
The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed.
They still speak to us with a clear and unique voice.
In this volume our classic women authors embark on a spree of crimes and mayhem that put their male counterparts to shame. In fresh and exciting ways their talents, used either on the side of justice or that of criminal enterprise, will enthral and engage us in very many ways.
1 - Women of Wonder - Crime - An Introduction
2 - The Frewin Miniatures by Baroness Orczy
3 - The Missing Model by Lettice Galbraith
4 - The Scarecrow by Ethel Lina White
5 - A Twin Identity by Edith Stewart Drewery
6 - A Broken Trust by Elizabeth Corbett
7 - The Devil Stone by Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
8 - Satan's Circus by Lady Eleanor Smith
9 - Inquest by Leonara Wodehouse
10 - Luz by Elinor Mordaunt
11 - Madame Ville D'Aubier by Josephine Tey
12 - A Princess's Vengeance by Catherine Louisa Pirkis
13 - Why Herbert Killed His Mother by Winifred Holtby
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