Her Father's Name by Florence Marryat

edited with an introduction and notes by Greta Depledge

First published as a novel in 1876, Her Father's Name is the sensational story of Leona Lacoste, a pistol-toting young woman who embarks upon a 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 Dr Greta Depledge, features an introduction, contextual notes and additional material, including:

• The life and work of Florence Marryat
• Cross-dressing, detection and hysteria
• Female cross-dressing in nineteenth-century literature
• The female detective and Her Father's Name
• The nineteenth-century hysteric
• Extract from Maria Edgeworth's Belinda
• Extract from Sarah Grand's The Heavenly Twins
• Contemporary reviews of Her Father's Name