{"product_id":"9780753559932","title":"A Dirty, Filthy Book : Sex, Scandal, and One Woman's Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes a breath, and opens her defence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnie Besant and her confidant Charles Bradlaugh are on trial for the sordid crime of publishing and selling a birth control pamphlet. Remarkably - forty-five years before the first woman will be admitted to the English bar - Annie is defending herself. Before Britain's highest judge she declares it is a woman's right to choose when, and if, to have children. At a time when women were legally and socially subservient to men, Annie's defiant voice was a sensation. The riveting trial scandalised newspapers, captivated the British public and sparked a debate over morals, censorship and sex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unpublished archives, private papers and courtroom transcripts - and featuring an incredible cast including Queen Victoria, George Bernard Shaw and London itself - \u003ci\u003eA Dirty, Filthy Book\u003c\/i\u003e tells the gripping story of a forgotten pioneer who refused to accept the role the Establishment assigned to her. Instead, she chose to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45466411630813,"sku":"9780753559932","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780753559932.jpg?v=1720110752","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780753559932","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}