A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman's Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century by Michael Meyer

A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman's Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century

Michael Meyer

400 pages first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative medium-paced
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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 ...

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