Sudden Death or My Lady the Wolf

Skottowe, Britiffe

Verlag: London Swan, Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. 1886, 1886

Beschreibung

First edition. 274 pages + 2 of ads and a 16-page publisher's catalogue of "Novels published in 1887-8", possibly indicating a later issue. The book is reasonably firmly bound in the publisher's red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine and part of the front panel are sun-bleached and the cloth is marked, with small tears at the spine ends and bumping to the extremities. The text block is slightly foxed, dusty and age toned, it is cracked at points, the rear endpaper has been removed and the front gutter is partially cracked. The only work of fiction written by Skottowe, who was primarily a historian. It is a crime novel in which a powerful, attractive woman commits multiple murders and thefts. The comparatively sympathetic portrayal of a woman committing murders by outright physical violence, rather than say poisoning or mesmeric vampirism, is unusual for the period, and there is added interest in the form of a strong cross-dressing element. A rare and entertaining novel that deserves to be more widely known. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6478

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sudden Death or My Lady the Wolf

Verlag: London Swan, Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. 1886

Erscheinungsdatum: 1886

Auflage: 1. Auflage