Sensation novels are characterized by their dealing ... that they reached their peak in the 1860s -1880s and that Wilkie Collins was a master of the craft. Undoubtedly, his work in theatre also ...

Catherine Peters, who has died aged 94, had a lauded academic career that only began when she was 50; The King of Inventors (2016), is the standard life of Wilkie Collins, and she also wrote much ...