The Detective and Mr. Dickens: Being an Account of the Macbeth Murders and the Strange Events Surrounding Them: A Secret Victorian Journal, Attribute

by William J. Palmer

Book Overview

In Victorian London, Charles Dickens and his protege, author Wilkie Collins, make the acquaintance of the shrewdest mind either would ever encounter: Inspector William Field of the newly formed Metropolitan Protectives. A gentleman's brutal murder brings the three men together in an extraordinary investigation that leads Dickens to the beautiful young actress Ellen Ternan, who would become the love of his life but who now stands accused of murder...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312050739
• ISBN13: 9780312050733
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A dickens of a good time

Dr. Joe Palmer was one of my English professors at Purdue University. This novel (and the two "sequels") display the same enthusiasm and love of the Victorian era he brought to the classroom. These books provide interesting historical and biographical details, but are by no means too high-brow or scholarly for mystery fans. If you like Anne Perry, you must read Joe Palmer.