“I Stand Out Like a Raven”: Depicting the Female Detective and Tudor History in Nancy Bilyeau’s The Crown
This article examines the portrayal of female identity and crime in the Tudor period in Nancy Bilyeau’s contemporary historical crime fiction novel, The Crown (2012). Featuring a female detective figure, Joanna Stafford, Bilyeau’s novel forms part of the wealth of contemporary fiction using Tudor hi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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Series: | American, British and Canadian Studies Journal |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2017-0006 |