Judith Flanders

When sharp-tongued editor Samantha Clair's CID boyfriend is brought in to investigate Frank Compton's death, her loyalties become stretched....

In this fascinating exploration of murder in 19th-century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction....

From a New York Times best-selling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world. A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia....

Judith Flanders, one of Britain's foremost social historians, explores the world portrayed so vividly in Dickens' novels....

It's just another day at the office for book editor Samantha Clair....

A deeply engaging and completely original book about nineteenth-century Britain’s fascination with good quality murder....

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organising principle for the world's knowledge....

Usually sharp-witted editor Sam Clair stumbles through her post-launch-party morning with the hangover to end all hangovers....

What's an editor to do with so many demands? Do you deal with the morning's pile of manuscript submissions first? Or do you concentrate on your ex-lover, whose business partner has been found dead....

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organising principle for the world's knowledge....