"Behind the Looking-Glass" offers a fresh perspective in the ongoing, contemporary deconstruction of the Carroll Myth. Through rigorous examination of numerous myths that have been hitherto unquestioned, Ackerman skilfully positions Lewis Carroll in the theological and philosophical contexts of his time. She uncovers a Carroll whose radical religio-philosophical counter-response to patriarchal materialism moved his intellectual journey, intentionally or otherwise, deep into the waters of mysticism. The image of Carroll as a dreary Victorian conservative gives way to that of a man with wide...

Mr Love is an organised person. He knows what he wants and he gets it - marrying vulnerable women and stealing their nest-eggs. Adelaide works in a hat shop off the Edgware Road, has a diamond brooch Auntie Myra left her, and a dream of better things. This is the story of what happens when they find one another.