Extraordinary Florence Stoker

Extraordinary Florence Stoker by Laura Elizabeth Woollett is Victorian historical fiction with a keen literary edge and a slow-creeping hint of Gothic horror—ideal if you like your dramas set among artists, ambition and whispering darkness. Dublin and London, 1878:

Florence Balcombe marries Bram Stoker and finds herself at the heart of glittering creative circles. As a hostess and sharp-eyed observer, she builds salons that draw actors, writers and society’s tastemakers, navigating fame with careful intelligence.

 But the private costs of marriage begin to show. Bram’s attachment to theatre titan Henry Irving reshapes their home life, Oscar Wilde’s scandal tightens the social noose, and Florence is troubled by visions that could be stress, illness… or something far stranger.

Perfect for readers drawn to feminist historical novels, literary London settings, and stories of hidden lives behind public brilliance.

Step into Florence’s world and see what she was never allowed to say out loud.