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In Search of Mary
Bee Rowlatt
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Description for In Search of Mary
Paperback. A fascinating journey on the footsteps of Mary Wollstonecraft and an exploration of never-dying themes, such as babies versus careers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 1DNS; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 214 x 22. Weight in Grams: 304.
Toddler in tow, Bee Rowlatt embarks on an extraordinary journey in search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: Mary Wollstonecraft. From the wild coasts of Norway to a naked re-birthing in California, via the blood-soaked streets of revolutionary Paris, Bee learns what drove her hero on and what's been won and lost over the centuries in the battle for equality. On this biographical treasure hunt she finds herself consulting a witch, a porn star, a quiet Norwegian archivist and the tenants of a blighted council estate in Leeds - getting much more than ... Read more
Toddler in tow, Bee Rowlatt embarks on an extraordinary journey in search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: Mary Wollstonecraft. From the wild coasts of Norway to a naked re-birthing in California, via the blood-soaked streets of revolutionary Paris, Bee learns what drove her hero on and what's been won and lost over the centuries in the battle for equality. On this biographical treasure hunt she finds herself consulting a witch, a porn star, a quiet Norwegian archivist and the tenants of a blighted council estate in Leeds - getting much more than ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Surrey, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846883781
SKU
V9781846883781
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About Bee Rowlatt
Bee Rowlatt is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. She is a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph and has reported for the World Service, Newsnight and BBC2. The co-author of the best-selling Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad (Penguin 2010) as well as one of the writers featured in Virago's 2013 anthology Fifty Shades of Feminism, Bee won the K. ... Read more
Reviews for In Search of Mary
Rowlatt's passion for Wollstonecraft leaps out of every page, the intervening centuries disappear: it's as if they are on a journey together.
TV historian Dan Snow Rowlatt's travelogue is always entertaining as she explores the life and times of the ever passionate and never compromising Wollstonecraft who, more than two centuries on, still has much to teach us.
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TV historian Dan Snow Rowlatt's travelogue is always entertaining as she explores the life and times of the ever passionate and never compromising Wollstonecraft who, more than two centuries on, still has much to teach us.
... Read more