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Book SynopsisThe suffragettes outraged Victorian society but their personal lives were just as dramatic as their public actions. adn Adela, banished to Australia after a bitter rift.
The result is a narrative that reads like a novel, and a brilliant insight into the history of a family that changed the face of British society for ever.
Trade ReviewA marvellously gripping narrative with twists and turns of shock and poignancy that are worthy of a three-decker Victorian novel...exposes the full extent of the dysfunctional family that lay just beneath the surface of the Pankhursts' public image * Independent on Sunday *
Takes all the previous works on its subject and nudges them off the shelf * Irish Times *
A family saga like no other, superbly researched and profoundly stirring * Sunday Times *
Move over, Mitfords, The Pankhursts demand centre stage, as women who emerged from Edwardian drapery to break the rules of British society * Literary Review *
