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Historical fiction
Historical Queer Fiction
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Neo-Victorian
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Queer
Queer Fiction
softlaunch
Transgender
Product details
- ISBN 9781917008082
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 10 Oct 2024
- Publisher: Cipher Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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'To be blunt: I must escape.' 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy life isn't as simple as she thought. Ambushed, robbed, and then saved by a mysterious organisation - part detective agency, part neighbourhood watch - a desperate Henry disguises herself and enlists. Sent out to investigate a string of crimes, she soon realises that she is living in a small rural town with surprisingly big problems. When the net starts to close around Henry, and sinister forces threaten to expose her as the missing Nettleblack sister, the new people in her life seem to offer her a way out, and a way forward. Is the world she's lost in also a place she can find herself? Told through journal entries and letters, Nettleblack is a subversive and playful ride through the perils and joys of finding your place in the world, challenging myths about queerness - particularly transness - as a modern phenomenon, while exploring the practicalities of articulating queer perspectives when you're struggling for words.
Nat Reeve is a novelist, and a Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. Nat has a PhD in Victorian Studies from Royal Holloway, and their debut novel Nettleblack was published by Cipher Press in 2022. Nettleblack follows a gang of queer misfit Victorian detectives causing chaos in a small country town, and its upcoming sequel, Earlyfate, follows a dandyish nonbinary cravat designer ruining said detectives' week in every way possible.
