Makes the case for Annie Besant as a truly eminent Victorian, as brilliant and fearless as she was beautiful The TimesLondon, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an allmale 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, Annies fearless voice was a sensation and spotlighted issues of sex, censorship and morality.A Dirty, Filthy Book tells the gripping story of a littleknown pioneer who refused to accept the role that the establishment assigned her, and chose instead to resist.

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBJD1; Weight: 400 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 27

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