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Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers, review: a royal nightmare

Anne Somerset’s fascinating new book, Queen Victoria and the Prime Ministers, shows how the monarch clashed with successive governments

United kingdomAnne somersetQueen victoriaWilliam ewart gladstoneCulture editor 39s choiceHistory books19th century historyNon fiction

Philippa Gregory: The true-crime tales of Britain s highwaywomen are even stranger than fiction

Philippa Gregory on the horrible history of the real-life Renegade Nells, from the first chloroform poisoner to the notorious Moll Cutpurse

City ofUnited kingdomTower hamletsUnited statesNan herefordSally wainwrightFrederic jewittJane austenJoseph bowmanLouisa harlandElizabeth smithHounslow heathPaul crossMary youngLewknor markhamCharlotte walker

A Dirty Filthy Book, Michael Meyer review: Victorian scandal

Annie Beasant’s 1877 birth-control pamphlet sparked the trial of the century, as Michael Meyer writes in A Dirty, Filthy Book

United kingdomMargaret sangerQueen victoriaMichael meyerMarie stopesAnnie beasantAnnie besantCharles dickensMahatma gandhiCharles bradlaughVictorian britain19th century historyNon fictionWomen amp rsquos rights

James and John by Chris Bryant, review: harrowing history

Chris Bryant MP tells a harrowing story in his new book James and John, and asks why 19th-century Britain was uniquely obsessed with sodomy

United kingdomUnited statesJohn smithJames prattJeremy benthamCharles dickensGlenda jacksonChris bryantWilliam bonellNapoleonic codePrivy councilGeorgian londonNewgate prisonVan diemenOld baileyCulture editor 39s choice

Author of Virginia lynching story speaks on remembering Virginia s past

Jim Hall spoke about his book, “Condemned for Love in Old Virginia: The Lynching of Arthur Jordan,” at Rose Library on Thursday and explored the implications its story holds today.

United statesRattlesnake mountainFauquier countyJim hallElvira corderPeggy plassNational memorial for peaceRose library onDepartment of justiceArthur jordanTold virginiaProse libraryRilie bassLast lynchingNorthern virginiaSeeking truth

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