Looks back to a group of brave women in the later C18th and onwards – at a time when women had no property and no rights: Elizabeth Montagu, who took on Voltaire and won; Catherine Macauley, Hester Thrale and many others.
Bluestockings: The First Women’s Movement
(author)
£20.00
Edition:Hardback978152936999129/02/2024From a Bookshelf nearby
-
A skilful, moving ‘jeu d’esprit‘ turns about the life of the poet, the nature of his work, and the author’s preoccupation with him over several decades. It contains as much fiction a... read more
Being Betjeman(n)
Hardback £20.00 -
A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more
-
The interviews underpinning this magnificent, substantial biography include many with Stoppard himself.
Tom Stoppard: A Life
Hardback £30.00 -
This skilful, moving jeu d'esprit could just as well be in the fiction section. It's about both the poet and the author's preoccupation with him, and contains as much fiction as fact. If you... read more
Being Betjeman
Paperback £9.99