{"product_id":"kate-morgan-the-walnut-tree-2025","title":"Kate Morgan: The Walnut Tree [2025]","description":"A Waterstones Best History Book 2024\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Compulsively readable' - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'An outstanding work'\u003cstrong\u003e - Philippa Gregory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' \u003cstrong\u003e- Helen Fry, historian and author of \u003cem\u003eWomen In Intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cbr\u003e            \u003cem\u003e'A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better they'll be.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eSo 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\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWe 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\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eExploring the 19th- and early 20th Century legal history that influenced the modern-day stances on issues such as domestic abuse, sexual violence and divorce, \u003cem\u003eThe Walnut Tree\u003c\/em\u003elifts the lid on the shocking history of women under British law - and what it means for women today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan, Kate","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54317315752275,"sku":"9780008559618","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":54317315785043,"sku":"XE80008559618","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/9780008559618.jpg?v=1784138335","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/kate-morgan-the-walnut-tree-2025","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}