The nine lives of Annie Besant : the astonishing story of a Victorian rebel
Paterson, Clare2025
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On Thursday 5 April 1877 police charged 30-year-old Annie Besant and her colleague Charles Bradlaugh with breaching the Obscene Publications Act 1857. The reason was the scandalous sale of a slim book called The Fruits of Philosophy. If the fictional Lady Chatterley's Lover was the subject of the case in 1960 which horrified and delighted in equal measure, this was the non-fiction equivalent nearly a century earlier. The publication of this birth control guide, which the prosecutor in the trial referred to as a 'filthy, dirty book' caused a sensation and made Annie famous. But Annie's extraordinary life, with its massive loyal following and significant influence, stretched long before and way beyond this. Clare Paterson charts the extraordinary - and largely untold - story of this pioneering Victorian feminist.
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Author:
Paterson, Clare, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2025.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781803997360 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
299.934092299.934 PATE
Language:
English
Subject:
Besant, Annie, 1847-1933Besant, Annie, 1847-1933 -- Political and social viewsTheosophists -- Great Britain -- BiographyWomen social reformers -- Great Britain -- BiographyWomen authors, English -- BiographyWomen's rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryWomen's rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryBiography
BRN:
8971590
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