Mrs Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin

Mrs Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin, most readers today know Louisa Baldwin primarily through her connection to British political history, her son Stanley Baldwin served as prime minister during the tumultuous period of Edward VIII's abdication. But Louisa herself led a far more private life, one marked by a mysterious illness that kept her bedridden for much of her adulthood. Confined to her room but never idle, she channeled her active imagination into various artistic pursuits, eventually finding her voice in the written word. In 1895, she published The Shadow on the Blind, a collection of nine supernatural tales that would become her literary legacy.

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The Shadow On The Blind,the stories in The Shadow on the Blind showcase Baldwin's natural talent for the ghost story. Tales like "The Weird of the Walfords," "How He Left the Hotel," "The Empty Picture Frame," and "Sir Nigel Otterburne's Case" demonstrate her ability to craft genuinely unsettling narratives that feel authentically Victorian. She had a gift for creating memorable characters and atmospheric settings, and her supernatural fiction stands alongside the better-known work of her contemporaries. While she may have written from a sickbed, her stories possess a vitality and imagination that belie their origins.

Edition Details

• Dust Jacket illustrated by Allen Kozowski.
• This is a full clothbound edition limited to 500 copies.
• Bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering.
• Crimson red endpapers.

External Links

• Mrs Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin. ISFDB entry for Mrs Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin
• The Shadow On The Blind. ISFDB entry for The Shadow On The Blind