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A Dirty, Filthy Book

- Sex, Scandal, and One Woman’s Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century

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  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 400 sider

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London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes a breath, and opens her defence.

Annie Besant and her confidant Charles Bradlaugh are on trial for the sordid crime of publishing and selling a birth control pamphlet. Remarkably – forty-five years before the first woman will be admitted to the English bar – Annie is defending herself. Before Britain’s highest judge she declares it is a woman’s right to choose when, and if, to have children. At a time when women were legally and socially subservient to men, Annie’s defiant voice was a sensation. The riveting trial scandalised newspapers, captivated the British public and sparked a debate over morals, censorship and sex.

Drawing on unpublished archives, private papers and courtroom transcripts – and featuring an incredible cast including Queen Victoria, George Bernard Shaw and London itself – A Dirty, Filthy Book tells the gripping story of a forgotten pioneer who refused to accept the role the Establishment assigned to her. Instead, she chose to resist.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal400
  • Udgivelsesdato08-02-2024
  • ISBN139780753559932
  • Forlag W.H.Allen
  • FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt484 g
  • Dybde2,9 cm
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    10 cm
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    15,3 cm
    23,4 cm

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