Author: [STRETTON, Julia Cecilia].
Title: The Valley of a Hundred Fires.
Description: London, Hurst & Blackett 1860. Three volumes octavo contemporary half roan. Minor spotting and signs of use; a pretty good and neat set in what is undoubtedly a colonial binding. ¶ First edition. Mrs Stretton was one of the league of plucky women who took to writing to support their families after their husband dropped dead or deserted them in a welter of drunken cruelty, loose women and gambling debts. In her case she began as the widow de Winton (she was born Collinson) and carried on after she married Mr Stretton. This Wales set novel is apparently autobiographical, based on her own family, and the heroine is her mother. Sadleir apparently ignored Mrs Stretton; Wolff had a couple of her novels but not this one.

Keywords: literature fiction three decker c19th England