{"product_id":"9780008559571","title":"The Walnut Tree : Women, Violence and the Law – a Hidden History","description":"Author(s): Morgan, Kate, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 29\/02\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 320 pages, (1x8pp plates), \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Mudlark, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: United Kingdom, Great Britain\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 163 x 241 x 34mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 542g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008559571\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Compulsively readable' – Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'An outstanding work' – Philippa Gregory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better they’ll be.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So went the proverb quoted by a prominent MP in the Houses of Parliament in 1853. His words – intended ironically in a debate about a rise in attacks on women – summed up the prevailing attitude of the day, in which violence against women was waved away as a part and parcel of modern living – a chilling seam of misogyny that had polluted both parliament and the law. But were things about to change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this vivid and essential work of historical non-fiction, Kate Morgan explores the legal campaigns, test cases and individual injustices of the Victorian and Edwardian eras which fundamentally re-shaped the status of women under British law. These are seen through the untold stories of women whose cases became cornerstones of our modern legal system and shine a light on the historical inequalities of the law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We hear of the uniquely abusive marriage which culminated in the dramatic story of the ‘Clitheroe wife abduction’; of the domestic tragedies which changed the law on domestic violence; the controversies surrounding the Contagious Diseases Act and the women who campaigned to abolish it; and the real courtroom stories behind notorious murder cases such as the ‘Camden Town Murder’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exploring the 19th- and early 20th Century legal history that influenced the modern-day stances on issues such as domestic abuse, sexual violence and divorce, The Walnut Treelifts the lid on the shocking history of women under British law – and what it means for women today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45271524245741,"sku":"9780008559571","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780008559571_43b2e54e-3fd2-4be8-a7d7-c7047b5e2c90.jpg?v=1728677814","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780008559571","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}