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Book Synopsis''Sophisticated, rich and skilful . . . highlights the extraordinary place these women carved out for themselves against the odds'' New Statesman
''Remarkable . . . The Bluestockings bust out of the pages with unmistakable glee . . . their complexity and individuality shine through'' BBC History
''Spirited, lively and scholarly'' Literary Review
''A story of sisterhood and empowerment'' PHILIPPA GREGORY
In Britain in the 1750s, women had no power and no rights - all money and property belonged to their fathers or husbands. A brave group risked everything to think and live as they wished, despite the sneers of contemporaries who argued that books frazzled female brains and damaged their wombs.
Meet the Bluestockings:
ELIZABETH MONTAGU hosted a series of glittering salons in her London drawing room, where a circle of women and men discussed theatre, philosophy and
