Half of the human race
By: Anthony Quinn
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781444809466
Subjects: Fiction; Suffragists; History; Suffrage; Women
Description: London. In the sweltering hot summer of 1911, the streets ring to the cheers for a new king's coronation, and to the cries of suffragist women marching for the vote. One of them is twenty-one-year-old Connie Callaway, daughter of a middle-class family. Forced to abandon her dream of a career, Connie is faced with another hard choice - to maintain lawful protest against an intransigent government or to join the glass-breaking militants in 'the greatest cause the world has ever known'. Also watching is Will Maitland, privileged, dashing and rising star of county cricket. Their lives are destined to become inextricably entangled in the years to come.
Notes: Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2011.
Table of contents: title: London. In the sweltering hot summer of 1911, the streets ring to the cheers for a new king's coronation, and to the cries of suffragist women marching for the vote. One of them is twenty-one-year-old Connie Callaway, daughter of a middle-class family. Forced to abandon her dream of a career, Connie is faced with another hard choice; title: to maintain lawful protest against an intransigent government or to join the glass-breaking militants in 'the greatest cause the world has ever known'. Also watching is Will Maitland, privileged, dashing and rising star of county cricket. Their lives are destined to become inextricably entangled in the years to come.