A Dirty, Filthy Book - Sex, Scandal, and One Woman’s Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century (Hardcover)

Sex and Scandal in the Victorian 'trial of the century' June, 1877: the petite 29-year-old Annie Besant stands motionless before the 75-year-old Judge towering over her in the Palace of Westminster. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn is presiding over the scandalous 'trial of the century' where Annie Besant and her confidante Charles Bradlaugh have been charged with the unforgiveable crime of publishing and selling a guide to birth control. Charged with obscenity, she argued -- controversially and outrageously, for the time -- that it was a woman's right to be able to choose to have children. The riveting trial over freedom of speech and the rights of women captivated the British public, caused outrage across the grey Victorian establishment and helped transform Annie Besant into one of the most famous women in the Empire. Drawing on unpublished archives, private papers and court-room transcripts, and an incredible cast of characters including Queen Victoria, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Darwin, and JS Mill, A Dirty, Filthy Book tells a gripping story of double standards that will horrify and delight in equal measure. At its heart is one of the most fascinating women of Victorian society, a little-known pioneer who single-handedly refused to accept the role that the establishment assigned her. Annie's trial lit the flame of social change, free speech and women's rights that is still burning around the world almost 150 years later.

General

Imprint:	W.H.Allen & Co Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2024
Authors:	Michael Meyer
Dimensions:	240 x 156 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-7535-5992-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > Women's health Books > History > General
LSN:	0-7535-5992-7
Barcode:	9780753559925

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