Letters of Great Women: Extraordinary correspondence from history's remarkable women

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Lucinda Hawksley

Letters of Great Women

Extraordinary correspondence from history's remarkable women

Lucinda Hawksley

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WELBECK
05 January 2021

Diaries, letters & journals; Memoirs; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Social & cultural history; Gender studies: women

Letters of Great Women is a collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history. Including 100 letters from figures in the arts, politics, entertainment, activism and the military, as well as ordinary yet remarkable women, historian Lucinda Hawksley has carefully selected diverse, extraordinary dispatches from women across all walks of life, from all around the world.

Composed of biographical synopses, archival images and the transcribed letters themselves, Letters of Great Women opens a portal to some of the most significant moments and burning issues in global history, as well as the everyday joys, sorrows and struggles of women's lives.

By: Lucinda Hawksley
Imprint: WELBECK
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 282mm, Width: 218mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 1.120kg
ISBN: 9781787394490
ISBN 10: 1787394492
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lucinda Hawksley is an author, art historian, public speaker and broadcaster. An authority on literature, social history and women's history, Lucinda has published over 20 books includingLizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel andMarch Women March. She is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, and is a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum.