Friends of Alice Wheeldon

by Sheila Rowbotham

Book Overview

In early 1917, as Britain was bogged down in a war it feared would never end, Alice Wheeldon, her two daughters, and her son were brought to trial and imprisoned for plotting the assassination of Prime Minister Lloyd George, who they believed had betrayed the suffrage movement. In this highly evocative and haunting play, British historian and feminist Sheila Rowbotham illuminates the lives and struggles of those who opposed the war. The Wheeldons'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158367554X
• ISBN13: 9781583675540
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.4"