The Datchet Diamonds (Annotated)

Richard Marsh's The Datchet Diamonds is a brisk late-Victorian tale of theft, pursuit, and social performance, built around the disappearance of a celebrated jewel hoard. The novel blends detective intrigue with comic sensation fiction: its plot turns on disguises, misunderstandings, sudden reversals, and the unstable boundary between respectable society and criminal enterprise. Written in Marsh's...