Her Father's NameFlorence Marryat2009

Her Father's Name is the sensational story of Leona Lacoste, a pistol-toting young woman who embarks upon a daring quest to clear the name of her late father. The compelling plot combines murder, mystery, cross-dressing, illegitimacy, amateur sleuthing, and hysteria.
This new edition, edited by Greta Depledge, features a critical introduction, contextual notes, and additional material on the novel's themes.
Greta Depledga is a lecturer at the Faculty of Lifelong Learning, Birkbeck College, and is an associate lecturer for the Open University. She specialises in the interface between medicine and literature in the nineteenth century and is co-editor of "The Female Body in Medicine and Literature for Liverpool University Press (2010)". She has also edited "The Dead Man's Message" for Victorian Secrets.

Titre original : Her Father's Name (2009)