A Dirty, Filthy Book Sex, Scandal, And One Woman's Fight In The Victorian Trial Of The Century
Author: Michael Meyer
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: Ebury Publishing
: W H Allen
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: 04 February 2025
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: 20 May 2025
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: Michael Meyer
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: Paperback
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: English
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Description
'Makes the case for Annie Besant as a truly eminent Victorian, as brilliant and fearless as she was beautiful' The Times _________
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 crime of publishing a birth control pamphlet. Remarkably, Annie is defending herself against obscenity charges 45 years before women can practice law in England. At a time when women were expected to be obedient, Annie's fearless voice was a sensation and spotlighted issues of sex, censorship and morality.
A Dirty, Filthy Book tells the gripping story of a little-known pioneer who refused to accept the role that the establishment assigned her, and chose instead to resist.
