HILDA WADE: A WOMAN WITH TENACITY OF PURPOSE
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HILDA WADE: A WOMAN WITH TENACITY OF PURPOSE (ebook)

GRANT ALLAN

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Beginning in 1894 Allen produced 30 novels including the scandalous novel The Woman Who Did. Hilda Wade: A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose is one of the first detective stories with a strong female protagonist. The story takes place in a hospital where Hilda works as a nurse for a popular doctor. (Goodreads)

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