The Weaker Vessel

Lady Antonia Fraser

The Weaker Vessel
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Country
United Kingdom
Published
12 November 2009
Pages
704
ISBN
9781842126356

The Weaker Vessel

Lady Antonia Fraser

Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown Did anyone marry for love Could a woman divorce What rights had the unmarried What expectations the widows

An expert on the period, Antonia Fraser brings to life the many and various women she has encountered in her considerable research: governesses, milkmaids, fishwives, nuns, defenders of castles, courtesans, countesses, witches and widows.

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