A tale of the full story behind an extraordinary family that changed the face of British society forever: the domineering mother, Emmeline; the favourite daughter, Christabel; Sylvia, the scarlet woman, and Adela, banished to Australia. A history book that reads like a novel. This is a great read.
The Pankhursts: The History of One Radical Family
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This is a fascinating book, and it would be hard to better the write up given by Goodreads. The suffragettes outraged Victorian society—yet behind the protests, arrests, and hunger strikes, this comprehensive and compelling biography reveals that the family lives of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters, the movement’s leading lights, were just as dramatic. Martin Pugh’s meticulous research makes use of neglected archive material and eye-witness accounts to examine the tense relationships, tortured political disagreements and alliances, and very public victories and defeats that marked the lives of this sometimes dysfunctional, but always exceptional, family. While exposing the inner workings of the suffragette movement, this astonishing account explores the triumphs and tragedies of four extraordinary women who changed the course of women’s history.
This work covers not only the time spent fighting for the vote, but the period both before and after this struggle, with chapters covering early lives as well as the rise of fascism and World War Two.
Martin Pugh was Professor of British History at Newcastle University and Research Professor in History at Liverpool John Moores University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the advisory panel of the BBC History Magazine, and the author of over twelve books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century history.
A marvellously gripping narrative with twists and turns of shock and poignancy that are worthy of three-decker Victorian novel…exposes the full extent of the dysfunctional family that lay just beneath the surface of the Pankhurst’s public image. Independent on Sunday
Takes all the previous works in its subject and nudges them off the shelf. Irish Times
A family saga like no other, superbly researched and profoundly stirring. Sunday Times
Author – Martin Pugh
Format – Paperback
Publisher – Vintage
Pub date –2008 (First published in hardback 2001 Allen Lane. First published in paperback by Penguin 2002)
ISBN – 9780099520436
Pages – 537
Weight – 409g
Dimensions – 199mm x 131mm x 33mm
