Victorian Sensation The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

"Secord adroitly shows how VESTIGES revealed fissures in early Victorian society that many wanted kept hidden...Readers in search of the narrative will bog down in the specifics; readers of a theoretical bent will dismiss the dramatics as a popularizing gimmick. Yet both groups read, and most will find VICTORIAN SENSATION rewarding and even moving because Secord places reading itself at the book's center."Secord, James A. is the author of 'Victorian Sensation The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation', published 2003 under ISBN 9780226744117 and ISBN 0226744116.