The Pankhursts - The History of One Radical Family

Informationen zum Autor 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. He lives in Northumberland. Klappentext A re-issue of this comprehensive and compelling biography of the Pankhurst family; extraordinary women whose work for the rights of women challenged the very heart of the political and social establishment. Martin Pugh is the pre-eminent historian on suffragettes. Zusammenfassung The 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.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Pugh, Pugh Martin
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2008
• EAN: 9780099520436
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952043-6
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; History: specific events & topics, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History: specific events and topics