Lover of books, avid reader, Dickens enthusiast, wine drinker, knitter, writer, lover of all things Victorian, Northerner, divorced.
The Story of Divorce
My current work in progress: Exploring the stories of the bigamists and bastards, feminists and fornicators that gave us the law of divorce as it exists today.
Latest from the Blog
A (non-academic) review of The Marriage Question by Clare Carlisle
The Marriage Question by Clare CarlisleMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This is not an academic review, although some of my thoughts are influenced by my PhD research on divorce law reform in the nineteenth century.This is a wonderfully entertaining, well-written, and thoroughly researched book exploring the issue of marriage as it impacted on the…
A Quick Review of The Little Match Girl Strikes Back
LITTLE MATCH GIRL STRIKES BACK by Emma CarrollMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThis is an empowering re-telling of a Hans Christian Anderson story of an impoverished match-seller struggling to make a living selling matches on the freezing streets. Subverting the tragedy of Anderson’s tale, this transposes the story onto the streets of London, where young…
The Idea of North by Peter Davidson: Some Thoughts
Books about the North seem to have a magnetic attraction for me at the moment as I continue to explore what it means – for me – to be a Northerner following my return to live in the North East of England. I was drawn to this book, sitting on a bookshelf in a gift…
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A Vile and Incestuous Intercourse – The Story of Divorce
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Deborah Siddoway 