Peter Lovesey: his first Cribb novel, Wobble to Death (1970), exhumed the bizarre Victorian phenomenon of the ‘wobble’ or endurance walking-race - Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock ​Peter ...

In the 19th century, a butcher living in Australia claimed to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. The Tichborne trial, which sparked much controversy and even more attention in Victorian ...

Founded in 1970, the centennial anniversary of Dickens's death, Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction publishes articles exploring the wide range of Dickens's interests and talents. The ...

Recent pop culture would lead many to believe that historical fiction is mainly the province of the bodice ripper. The popularity of Netflix’s Bridgerton alongside other period drama faves Downton ...

Historical romance and mystery author Victoria Thompson died at her home in Long Grove, Illinois on August 23, after a years-long battle with cancer. She was 76. Thompson was the Edgar and Agatha ...

In 1969, John Fowles caught readers off guard by offering three alternative endings to his Victorian historical fiction, The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Florence Knapp’s debut novel, The Names, not ...

Good girls learn from bad girls in 19th-century fiction. In a recurrent plot, coquettes, paired with angelic heroines, instruct their purer sisters although their lesson plans are scorned. But erotic ...