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Julia Laite is a senior lecturer in modern history at Birkbeck, University of London. As an expert in the history of prostitution, she has written for the Guardian, Open Democracy and History & Policy , and appeared on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour and Making History, as well as the television programme Find My Past.
'A gripping, unputdownable masterpiece of scholarly historical research and true crime writing.' - Hallie Rubenhold 'Brilliantly summons up one girl's life, dreams and suffering. It's ingenious history writing' - Mail on Sunday 'Extraordinary' - Guardian 'Historical writing does not get any better than this ... Imaginative and compelling, impassioned and powerful, and deeply, deeply moving' - Matt Houlbrook, author 'A gripping, unputdownable masterpiece of scholarly historical research and true crime writing. Julia Laite explores the sordid world of crime, sex and international policing in 1910 by focusing on the individuals caught up in an elaborate web of exploitation. Readers who loved The Five will find this story and its skilful telling equally as enthralling.' - Hallie Rubenhold, author
