{"product_id":"9780008559571","title":"The Walnut Tree : Women, Violence and the Law – a Hidden History","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Morgan, Kate \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 29\/02\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages, (1x8pp plates),\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008559571,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \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":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42576694706220,"sku":"9780008559571","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9780008559571.jpg?v=1707298558","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008559571","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}