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Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
E-bok, 2018
18 kr
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Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte''s Hill," "The Redhill Sisterhood," "A …
Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
E-bok, 2016
160 kr
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This early work by Catherine Louisa Pirkis was originally published in 1894 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective'' is a collection of short detective stories that include ''Drawn Daggers '', ''A Princess''s …
Lady Sleuths MEGAPACK (R)
20 Modern and Classic Tales of Female Detectives
Av Kris Nelscott, Anna Katharine Green m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
18 kr
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Lady Sleuths have long been a mainstay of the mystery field. Agatha Christie''s Miss Marple is, surely, the very model of the detective in a cozy mystery. But before -- and after! -- Miss Marple there were such sleuths as Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth (both of whose complete adventures are …
Red Sister
A Story of Three Days and Three Months
Inbunden, 2022
244 kr
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Lady Joan grew up in a modest household in a poor community. When she and her childhood friend, Elliot, fell in love as they grew older, Joan promised to wait for him, planning on marrying when Elliot rose to a higher position in society. However, as the wait grew longer, Joan became impatient. …
Dateless Bargain
Inbunden, 2022
257 kr
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A Dateless Bargain (1887) is a novel by Catherine Louis Pirkis. Known for her contribution of Victorian detective fiction, Pirkis wrote over a dozen novels and countless stories throughout her brief career as a professional writer. Among them, A Dateless Bargain is an undervalued study of family, …
Experience of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
Inbunden, 2021
204 kr
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When Loveday Brooke falls from her place in London high society, losing her financial security, she has no choice but to become a working woman. Set in the Victorian era, it is considered unusual and even shameful for a woman to participate in the workforce, but when Brooke proves her ability, no …
At the Moment of Victory
Inbunden, 2021
244 kr
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Madge Cohen does not regret her marriage to a man nearly twice her age, but looks forward to the day she is able to remarry. Young and lively, Madge was forced to marry Peter Cohen, a man nearly old enough to be her grandfather. While his wealth affords Madge new and greatly appreciated privileges, …
Experience of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
Häftad, 2021
108 kr
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When Loveday Brooke falls from her place in London high society, losing her financial security, she has no choice but to become a working woman. Set in the Victorian era, it is considered unusual and even shameful for a woman to participate in the workforce, but when Brooke proves her ability, no …
At the Moment of Victory
Häftad, 2021
150 kr
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Madge Cohen does not regret her marriage to a man nearly twice her age, but looks forward to the day she is able to remarry. Young and lively, Madge was forced to marry Peter Cohen, a man nearly old enough to be her grandfather. While his wealth affords Madge new and greatly appreciated privileges, …
Red Sister
A Story of Three Days and Three Months
Häftad, 2021
150 kr
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Lady Joan grew up in a modest household in a poor community. When she and her childhood friend, Elliot, fell in love as they grew older, Joan promised to wait for him, planning on marrying when Elliot rose to a higher position in society. However, as the wait grew longer, Joan became impatient. …
Experience of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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When Loveday Brooke falls from her place in London high society, losing her financial security, she has no choice but to become a working woman. Set in the Victorian era, it is considered unusual and even shameful for a woman to participate in the workforce, but when Brooke proves her ability, no …
Judith Wynne
E-bok, 2021
144 kr
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After the death of their patriarch, and a devastating fever that killed all but two of the children, the surviving Reece family, Mrs. Reece, Wolfgang, and Oscar, are left with just the vast property their family had owned for generations. Despite their poor financial situation, the family happily …
At the Moment of Victory
E-bok, 2021
144 kr
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Madge Cohen does not regret her marriage to a man nearly twice her age, but looks forward to the day she is able to remarry. Young and lively, Madge was forced to marry Peter Cohen, a man nearly old enough to be her grandfather. While his wealth affords Madge new and greatly appreciated privileges, …
Red Sister
A Story of Three Days and Three Months
E-bok, 2021
140 kr
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Lady Joan grew up in a modest household in a poor community. When she and her childhood friend, Elliot, fell in love as they grew older, Joan promised to wait for him, planning on marrying when Elliot rose to a higher position in society. However, as the wait grew longer, Joan became impatient. …
Dateless Bargain
Häftad, 2021
131 kr
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A Dateless Bargain (1887) is a novel by Catherine Louis Pirkis. Known for her contribution of Victorian detective fiction, Pirkis wrote over a dozen novels and countless stories throughout her brief career as a professional writer. Among them, A Dateless Bargain is an undervalued study of family, …
Dateless Bargain
E-bok, 2021
140 kr
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A Dateless Bargain (1887) is a novel by Catherine Louis Pirkis. Known for her contribution of Victorian detective fiction, Pirkis wrote over a dozen novels and countless stories throughout her brief career as a professional writer. Among them, A Dateless Bargain is an undervalued study of family, …
The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective Catherine Louisa Pirkis
Av Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Paula Benitez
Häftad
307 kr
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2 Detectives
Loveday Brooke / Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
Av Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Emmuska Orczy
Häftad, 2012
278 kr
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Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
Annotated Version with Foreword by Dana Cameron
Av Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Meagan Friedman
Häftad, 2025
177 kr
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Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
Annotated Version with Foreword by Dana Cameron
Av Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Meagan Friedman
Inbunden, 2025
304 kr
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Catherine Louisa Pirkis - Loveday Brooke: "The fatal day has arrived. I can exist no longer. I go hence and shall be no more seen"
"The fatal day has arrived. I can exist no longer. I go hence and shall be no more seen"
Häftad, 2017
35 kr
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Catherine Louisa Lyne was born in London in 1839. She was the daughter of Lewis Stephens Lyne, an accountant and comptroller-general of Inland Revenue. When her father died in 1859, his obituary gave the cause of death as "the consequences of excessive exertion of the brain." In 1872, at the age of …
