Posts Tagged: Infernal Detective
Gertrude Atherton – Shocking Victorian California by Kirsten Weiss The Californians, published in 1898, was my first introduction to Gertrude Atherton. The novel is creepy. The novel is gothic. And the novel was scandalous when first published. Gertrude wrote from life. Gertrude was born on October 30, 1857, in San Francisco. Childhood finances were sketchy…
