Lee Jackson (author)
British author and historian
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Lee Jackson (born 1971) is a British novelist and historian.
Lee Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1971 |
| Occupations | Historian, novelist |
| Website | http://www.victorianlondon.org |
Education and career
Jackson has a doctorate from Royal Holloway University of London and is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Dickens Museum.[1][2] He is the creator of The Dictionary of Victorian London, a widely used free educational resource, established in 2001, that brings together digitised primary sources relating to the social history of Victorian London.[3][4][5]
Writing
Jackson has written novels, anthologies and non-fiction books, all of which focus upon the Victorian capital.[6] In 2015, he was interviewed on NPR about his book Dirty Old London (Yale University Press, 2014),[7] a history of dirt, filth and pollution, described by The Guardian as "rich in wonderful contemporary details gleaned from newspapers and archives ... a vivid account of the enormous challenges faced by a city expanding at an unprecedented rate".[8] Jackson was also interviewed in print for Der Spiegel[9] He has written articles for History Today.[10] In 2021, he lectured and recorded video content for the Thames Festival Trust about North Woolwich Pleasure Gardens, as featured in his book Palaces of Pleasure (Yale University Press, 2019).[11]
Bibliography
Fiction
- Jackson, Lee (2003). London Dust. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 9780099439998.
- Jackson, Lee (2004). A Metropolitan Murder. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 9780434012299.
- Jackson, Lee (2005). The Welfare of the Dead. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 9780099469230.
- Jackson, Lee (2006). The Last Pleasure Garden. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 9780099469247.
- Jackson, Lee (2007). A Most Dangerous Woman. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 9780434015528.
- Jackson, Lee (2008). The Mesmerist's Apprentice. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 9780099498421.
- Jackson, Lee (2011). The Diary of a Murder. London: Snowbooks. ISBN 9781906727932.
Non-fiction
- Jackson, Lee (2006). A Dictionary of Victorian London: An A-Z of the Great Metropolis. London: Anthem Press. ISBN 9781843312307.
- Jackson, Lee (2012). Walking Dickens' London. London: Shire. ISBN 9780747811343.
- Jackson, Lee (2014). Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300216110.
- Jackson, Lee (2019). Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300254785.
- Jackson, Lee (2023). Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300266207.