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Birds of Prey

Author
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Language
English
Length
444 pages
ISBN
9781836101314
Published
30 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Victorian fiction
  • social ambition
  • moral dilemmas
  • romance
  • class and society
  • hidden emotions
  • intrigue
  • respectability
  • personal conflict
  • betrayal

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Description

Dentist Philip Sheldon turns medicine into a predatory scheme for money and power, drawing murder, blackmail, and respectable London into a nest of birds of prey. Braddon’s sensation novel of crime behind the consulting room door, where ambition wears a professional smile. Respectability is only the first disguise the hunter needs.

Author

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915) was a prominent English novelist and playwright best known for her Victorian sensation fiction. Rising from modest beginnings, she gained fame with Lady Audley’s Secret, which cemented her reputation for blending mystery, psychology, and social critique. Prolific and influential, Braddon wrote more than 80 novels and helped shape popular Victorian literature.

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