• This edition presents a new reading of the novel as a legal thriller, in which Trollope went some way to staking a claim to Dickens' territory.
• The notes and introduction situate the novel in contemporary print records, and the substantial body of critical work on Victorian Fiction and the law.
• Includes a Biographical Preface, a Chronology of Trollope's life, and an up-to-date Bibliography.

New to this Edition:

• New edition with new introduction and notes by Francis O'Gorman