Elizabeth Macneal writes historical fiction set around Victorian art, spectacle and the darker economies of collecting and entertainment. The Doll Factory follows aspiring artist Iris through 1850s London, the Great Exhibition and the circle of the Pre-Raphaelites while a collector’s obsession turns increasingly threatening. Circus of Wonders centres on a young woman sold to a travelling show because of the birthmarks covering her body, using performance and exploitation to examine who gets to control a public image. The Burial Plot moves into Victorian death, deception and inheritance. The Doll Factory is the clearest introduction to Macneal’s combination of Victorian art and menace, while Circus of Wonders moves the same interest in spectacle toward the commercial display of bodies. Read more Less
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