An Anthology of Victorian Femme Fatale characters, fifth in a series of anthologies dealing with archetypal characters following the occult detectives of "The Colleagues of Professor Van Helsing", the villains of the "Friends of Fu Manchu," "Sinister Sisters" which covers female vampires, and the scientific detectives of "The Disciples of Sherlock Holmes". Covers the period from the sensation novelists to the early twentieth century through ghosts, classical figures and just plain fascinating and evil ladies.