The Law and the Lady
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Incorrectly signing her name in the marriage registry leads Valeria Woodville to discover further disturbing information about her husband, Eustace Macallan. Each revelation leads to further questions as Valeriaβs journey prompts her to defy him, taking the law into her own hands as she endeavours to navigate her way through a series of false clues and obstructions.
Published in 1875, The Law and the Lady is one of Collinsβs later novels and is a remarkable early illustration of a female investigator as a main character. In the course of its narrative it questions Victorian societyβs perspectives of both law and lady.
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Lucy Scott trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her stage credits include Emma (Tricycle Theatre), Search and Destroy (New End Theatre) and Mansfield Park (Chichester Festival). Her television credits include Pride and Prejudice (BBC), Rosemary and Thyme (ITV) and Spooks (BBC). She also appeared in the film Tom Brownβs Schooldays with Stephen Fry. She has read many titles for Naxos AudioBooks, including Balzacβs Cousin Bette, Eliotβs Romola, Fontaneβs Effi Briest and Richardsonβs Clarissa.
