The Broadview Literary Texts edition records the substantive differences between the two major editions published during Ward’s lifetime, and included among the many appendices are news accounts of the murder trial and executions that inspired the novel, and previously unpublished letters by Ward.
NB: Mary Augusta Ward has traditionally been known as Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Beth Sutton-Ramspeck of The Ohio State University at Lima, is the author of several articles on Mary Augusta Ward.
Nicole B. Meller is an independent scholar.