Jezebel Rising, set in 1897, tells the story of the four Bailey Sisters-yes, as in Barnum &-and is based on the premise (as I suppose most novels are) of what if? What if there were women in 1897 who didn't follow the social conventions of their time? What if women spoke up? What if women insisted they be heard? Jezebel is the youngest of the four what-if women who make life a whole lot different than it actually was at the turn of the century.Predicated...