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A review by lynchy8
Death in Ten Minutes: Kitty Marion: Activist. Arsonist. Suffragette. by Fern Riddell
5.0
I love this book. It was so well researched and absolutely fascinating from start to finish.
I hadn't heard of Kitty Marion, and of course as the book progresses we soon found out why - for various reasons from a number of different sections of society, she has largely been written out of the story. Too violent, too German...
It's a very thorough look at one life and how it intersected with the musical hall, women's suffrage, the first world war, and life in the late 19th to early 20th century. She was an extremely strong and stubborn woman, loyal and devoted to the cause. What women went through to get The Vote was truly horrifying, and a lot of the history has been sanitised. You can feel Kitty's outrage through the pages.
I hadn't heard of Kitty Marion, and of course as the book progresses we soon found out why - for various reasons from a number of different sections of society, she has largely been written out of the story. Too violent, too German...
It's a very thorough look at one life and how it intersected with the musical hall, women's suffrage, the first world war, and life in the late 19th to early 20th century. She was an extremely strong and stubborn woman, loyal and devoted to the cause. What women went through to get The Vote was truly horrifying, and a lot of the history has been sanitised. You can feel Kitty's outrage through the pages.