Val’s Reviews > A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman’s Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century > Status Update

I am thoroughly enjoying a part of Victorian history,of which I was totally unaware. Juxtaposing t
Queen Victoria with Annie Besant works to bring to life the differences and similarities, being strong women in a patriarchal society, set in a social and moral context. Anyone with an interest in social history, suffrage, Victoriana & sexual freedom would enjoy this. I am greatly looking forward to the trial chapter...