Lee Jackson (British) books

Decimus Webb Reading Order

Non-Fiction

Sarah Tanner Reading Order

Standalone Novels

Lee Jackson is a British author and historian whose work focuses almost entirely on Victorian London. He writes both fiction and nonfiction about the 19th-century city, and his deep research into the period gives all his books a strong sense of place and historical accuracy. He also maintains victorianlondon.org, an online encyclopedia of Victorian London life that has become a widely used resource for researchers and history enthusiasts.

Jackson’s fiction includes two mystery series set in Victorian London. The Decimus Webb series follows a police detective through three novels of crime and investigation in the fog-bound city. The Sarah Tanner series features a female protagonist navigating the dangers of London’s underworld. His nonfiction is equally focused on the period, with Dirty Old London examining the city’s struggle with filth and sanitation, and Palaces of Pleasure looking at Victorian entertainment venues. His first novel, London Dust, was published in 2003, and he has continued writing steadily about the same era ever since.