Description
| Product ID: | 9780008559571 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Walnut Tree |
| Subtitle: | Women, Violence and the Law – a Hidden History |
| Authors: | Author: Kate Morgan |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, History, Social and cultural history, Sexual abuse and harassment, Domestic abuse, Feminism and feminist theory, Law and society, gender issues, Legal history, Criminal law: offences against the person, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, Sexual abuse & harassment, Domestic violence, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender & the law, Legal history, Offences against the person, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'Compulsively readable' – Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' – Philippa Gregory 'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence ''Compulsively readable'' – Times Literary Supplement''An outstanding work'' – Philippa Gregory''A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity'' Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence''A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better they’ll be.''So went the proverb quoted by a prominent MP in the Houses of Parliament in 1853. His words – intended ironically in a debate about a rise in attacks on women – summed up the prevailing attitude of the day, in which violence against women was waved away as a part and parcel of modern living – a chilling seam of misogyny that had polluted both parliament and the law. But were things about to change?In this vivid and essential work of historical non-fiction, Kate Morgan explores the legal campaigns, test cases and individual injustices of the Victorian and Edwardian eras which fundamentally re-shaped the status of women under British law. These are seen through the untold stories of women whose cases became cornerstones of our modern legal system and shine a light on the historical inequalities of the law.We hear of the uniquely abusive marriage which culminated in the dramatic story of the ‘Clitheroe wife abduction’; of the domestic tragedies which changed the law on domestic violence; the controversies surrounding the Contagious Diseases Act and the women who campaigned to abolish it; and the real courtroom stories behind notorious murder cases such as the ‘Camden Town Murder’.Exploring the 19th- and early 20th Century legal history that influenced the modern-day stances on issues such as domestic abuse, sexual violence and divorce, The Walnut Treelifts the lid on the shocking history of women under British law – and what it means for women today. |
| Imprint Name: | Mudlark |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-02-29 |
