Mrs. Heckford

Sarah Heckford is the greatest Victorian adventuress no one has ever heard of, though in her day she was hailed by the Times of London as 'One of the most extraordinary women to whom the Bri... Read allSarah Heckford is the greatest Victorian adventuress no one has ever heard of, though in her day she was hailed by the Times of London as 'One of the most extraordinary women to whom the British empire has given birth.' She was a complicated, contradictory person: a radical human... Read allSarah Heckford is the greatest Victorian adventuress no one has ever heard of, though in her day she was hailed by the Times of London as 'One of the most extraordinary women to whom the British empire has given birth.' She was a complicated, contradictory person: a radical humanist and a cagey capitalist; a fearless individualist and a tender-hearted romantic. MRS. H... Read all