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Britain has been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. To say that it’s high time that it was defined by its women falls some way short of an understatement.
Jenni Murray, the long-time presenter of Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4, draws together the lives twenty-one women to shed light upon a variety of social, political, religious and cultural aspects of British history. In lively prose Murray reinvigorates the stories behind the names we all know and reveals the fascinating tales behind those less familiar, ultimately producing a unique history of Britain that is as long-overdue as it is absorbing. From famous queens to forgotten visionaries, and from great artists to our most influential political actors, A History of Britain in 21 Women is a veritable feast of page-turning history.
A History of Britain in 21 Women will profile (TBC) Boudicca, Aphra Behn, Elizabeth I, Fanny Burney, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Mary Wollstonecraft, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor, James Miranda Barry, Ada Lovelace, Caroline Herschel, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Gwen John, Rosalind Franklin, Ethel Smyth, Shirley Williams, Margaret Thatcher and Harriet Harman.
