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The Trials of Radclyffe Hall
Diana Souhami
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Description for The Trials of Radclyffe Hall
Paperback. The scandalous life of one of England's great eccentrics. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408.
Radclyffe Hall was born in 1880 in Bournemouth in a house inappropriately named 'Sunny Lawn'. Her mother drank gin in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy, and her father fled the family home. At the mercy of a violent mother and sexually abusive stepfather, her life changed when at the age of eighteen she inherited her father's estate of GBP100,000. She was free to travel, pursue women and write - most notably The Well of Loneliness, her famous novel about 'congenital inverts', which was declared 'inherently obscene' by the Home Secretary and banned. In this brilliantly written, witty and satirical ... Read more
Radclyffe Hall was born in 1880 in Bournemouth in a house inappropriately named 'Sunny Lawn'. Her mother drank gin in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy, and her father fled the family home. At the mercy of a violent mother and sexually abusive stepfather, her life changed when at the age of eighteen she inherited her father's estate of GBP100,000. She was free to travel, pursue women and write - most notably The Well of Loneliness, her famous novel about 'congenital inverts', which was declared 'inherently obscene' by the Home Secretary and banned. In this brilliantly written, witty and satirical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780878782
SKU
V9781780878782
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Ref
99-10
About Diana Souhami
Diana Souhami is the author of Selkirk's Island (winner of the Whitbread Biography award), the bestselling Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter (also winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year'). Her latest book is Murder at Wrotham Hill. She lives in London and Devon.
Reviews for The Trials of Radclyffe Hall
'Ye Gods what a character. From start to finish of Souhami's book my lower jaw kept dropping with amazement' Val Hennessey, Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
'An outrageously entertaining book' Victoria Glendenning, Daily Telegraph.
Daily Telegraph
'This reviewer found herself engrossed from page one. Carried along at breakneck speed by the pace and wit of Souhami's style. ... Read more
Daily Mail
'An outrageously entertaining book' Victoria Glendenning, Daily Telegraph.
Daily Telegraph
'This reviewer found herself engrossed from page one. Carried along at breakneck speed by the pace and wit of Souhami's style. ... Read more