With walk-on parts by Dr Crippen and Dorothy L.
Interweaving tales from Maud West’s own ‘casebook’ with social history and extensive original research, Stapleton investigates the stories Maud West told about herself in a quest to uncover the truth. Who was Maud? And what was the reality of being a female private detective in the Golden Age of Crime? And – as Susannah Stapleton reveals – she was a most unreliable witness to her own life. Her exploits grabbed headlines throughout the world but, beneath the public persona, she was forced to hide vital aspects of her own identity in order to thrive in a class-obsessed and male-dominated world.
Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society’s finest in 1905. Sayers, Parisian gangsters and Continental blackmailers 'The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective' is both a portrait of a woman ahead of her time and a deliciously salacious glimpse into the underbelly of 'good society' during the first half of the twentieth century. With walk on parts by Dr Crippen and Dorothy L. Who was Maud? And what was the reality of being a female private detective in the Golden Age of Crime? Interweaving tales from Maud West's own casebook with social history and extensive original research, Stapleton investigates the stories Maud West told about herself in a quest to uncover the truth. And as Susannah Stapleton reveals she was a most unreliable witness to her own life. Her exploits grabbed headlines throughout the world but, beneath the public persona, she was forced to hide vital aspects of her own identity in order to thrive in a class obsessed and male-dominated world. Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society's finest in 1905. Some edge wear, chipping and tiny closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised ('Grace' was not very careful with this book!), not price clipped (£20.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Grace, with very best wishes Susie Stapleton ( with author's printed name crossed out)'. First edition, first impression with full number line.
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