THE DETECTIVE AND MR. DICKENS: Being an Account of the Macbeth Murders and the Strange Events Surrounding Them: A Secret Victorian Journal attributed to Wilkie Collins, discovered and edited" by Palmer.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first Dickens' mystery,set in April and May of 1851. Charles Dickens and author Wilkie Collins meet Inspector William Field of the newly formed Metropolitan Protectives. A gentleman's brutal murder brings the three men together in an extraordinary investigation that introduces Dickens to the beautiful young actress Ellen Ternan, who would become the love of his life but who is now accused of murder. A novel which, like Dickens' own books, reveals the hypocrisy of repressed Victorian society. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-312050739.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 82904
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