February 1982 Issue Elizabeth Longford The Princess and the Prussian The Other Victoria By Andrew Sinclair LR
June 1986 Issue Susan Crosland Edna Strikes a Blow Wives of Fame: Mary Livingstone, Jenny Marx, Emma Darwin By Edna Healey LR
December 1997 Issue Richard Dorment An Actress, perhaps, but Granny was not a Tart The Actress and the Brewer's Wife: Two Victorian Vignettes By Virginia Surtees LR
November 1990 Issue John Bayley Boz’s Little Bit The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens By Claire Tomalin LR
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