The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wante

Description: The Case of the Married Woman by Lady Antonia Fraser, Antonia Fraser The scandal of nineteenth-century Britain: the sensational trial of Caroline Norton for adultery with the first Victorian Prime Minister FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Before biography was fashionable, Antonia Fraser made the past popular GuardianAs a pure storyteller, Antonia Fraser has few equals Sunday TimesCAROLINE NORTON, a nineteenth-century heroine who wanted justice for women.Poet, pamphleteer and artists muse, Caroline Norton dazzled 19-century society with her vivacity and intelligence. In 1836 Caroline underwent a dramatic trial when her jealous husband sued the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, for adultery. Provisions which are now taken for granted - such as the right of a mother to have access to her children - owe much to Caroline, who was determined to secure justice for women at all levels of society. Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a woman who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time. Author Biography Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers. She was awarded the Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000 and was made a DBE in 2011 for services to literature.Her previous books include MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, KING CHARLES II, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMANS LOT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND which won the Wolfson History Prize, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY, PERILOUS QUESTION; THE DRAMA OF THE GREAT REFORM BILL 1832 and THE KING AND THE CATHOLICS: THE FIGHT FOR RIGHTS 1829. MUST YOU GO?,a memoir of her life with Harold Pinter, was published in 2010, and MY HISTORY; A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP in 2015. She lives in London.Visit Antonia Frasers website at Review Fraser gives insightful judgment on the questions that remain questions despite Carolines extensive archive ... Frasers is a spirited book, particularly moving on Nortons old age. It is impressive to see one of our most important intellectual figures turning her mind to this remarkable woman from an earlier, different and not so different era -- Lara Feigel * THE GUARDIAN *Frasers is the first [book] to emphasise what a modern figure [Norton] is, portraying her not as a hapless victim but as a working mother and bestselling writer who refused to submit to what can only be called the patriarchy - a "difficult" woman whose bloody-mindedness improved the lot of other women. Fraser is surely right to call her a 19th-century heroine -- Daisy Goodwin * THE SUNDAY TIMES *Antonia Frasers tale of double standards is a delight. Combining high society campery and historical scholarship in ways rivalling Nancy Mitford, Antonia Fraser is the great chronicler of melodramatic queens and fearsome princes, from Boadicea to Louis XIV, even Harold Pinter. She is peerless at pageantry, and no slouch when it comes to technical footnotes - there are plenty in her new book, The Case of the Married Woman... The major theme of Frasers book is rage - hers and Carolines - that women in those days had no rights over their children. In the eyes of the law, married women simply didnt exist... This is a rousing book - classic Antonia Fraser -- Roger Lewis * THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *The life of Caroline Norton, the 19th century author and campaigner who is the remarkable subject of Antonia Frasers engaging new biography The Case of the Married Woman, plays out like a Victorian sensation novel... Its a fascinating story, and Frasers account is compulsively readable, filled with intriguing period details (early Victorian aristos favourite euphemism for pregnancy, we learn, was "going on the sofa"). The veteran biographer paints Caroline as a very modern woman, but doesnt try to smooth out her complexities and contradictions to fit her tidily into the mould of 21st century feminism... this is a fitting tribute to a captivating, campaigning heroine -- Katie Rosseinsky * EVENING STANDARD *[Caroline Nortons] life and writings are vividly realised in Frasers new analysis of the woman and her words, straddling both the Regency and Victorian eras in the fight for womens rights as wives, mothers and workers ... In Frasers book the woman who leaps from the page is vastly complex, at times almost unlikeable, and yet equally unforgettable ... For those who wish for a detailed history of one of the most important female figures of the 19th century and the world around her, this is an ideal read. Frasers illuminating book shows how Caroline Nortons presence in 19th-century society still has so much to say about the rights women lack and the abuses they suffer, even today -- Fern Riddell * BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE *[A] blend of adroit character study and readable prose ... In this retelling, [Caroline Norton] is revealed in all her complexity: as a flawed, difficult woman who, against the odds, still managed to make the world better for the women who came after her -- Caroline Crampton * THE SPECTATOR * Long Description Before biography was fashionable, Antonia Fraser made the past popular Guardian As a pure storyteller, Antonia Fraser has few equals Sunday Times CAROLINE NORTON, a nineteenth-century heroine who wanted justice for women. Poet, pamphleteer and artists muse, Caroline Norton dazzled 19-century society with her vivacity and intelligence. In 1836 Caroline underwent a dramatic trial when her jealous husband sued the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, for adultery. Provisions which are now taken for granted - such as the right of a mother to have access to her children - owe much to Caroline, who was determined to secure justice for women at all levels of society. Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a woman who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time. Review Quote Fraser gives insightful judgment on the questions that remain questions despite Carolines extensive archive ... Frasers is a spirited book, particularly moving on Nortons old age. It is impressive to see one of our most important intellectual figures turning her mind to this remarkable woman from an earlier, different and not so different era Promotional "Headline" The scandal of nineteenth-century Britain: the sensational trial of Caroline Norton for adultery with the first Victorian Prime Minister Details ISBN1474610935 Author Antonia Fraser Pages 304 Publisher Orion Publishing Co Year 2022 ISBN-10 1474610935 ISBN-13 9781474610933 Publication Date 2022-08-27 UK Release Date 2022-08-27 Format Paperback Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women DEWEY 941.081092 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-11-14 AU Release Date 2022-11-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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