Bad Girls by Caitlin Davies
A history of a century of women, punishment and crime in HM Prison Holloway.
Readable, compelling and illuminating * The Bookseller *
Caitlin Davies writes with warmth, empathy and humour about the women - some brave and rebellious - who spent time in Holloway PrisonAssiduously researched, Bad Girls documents interweaving struggles against prejudice, injustice, ignorance and poverty . . . the real history of Holloway is written in this insightful and thought-provoking book - which makes for a ripping good read * Jeremy Corbyn *
Davies's absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism - and eccentricity - along with its serious inquiry . . . Davies captures the sense of camaraderie that blossomed inside Holloway, occasionally between warder and inmate . . . Davies uses the prison as a prism through which to chart changing attitudes to women over the past 164 years - beginning with the Victorian notion of "double deviance", which suggested that female criminals had broken not only the law of the land, but that of nature by committing "unwomanly" acts -- Helen Davies * SUNDAY TIMES *
It's such a great read . . . fascinating * Jo Good, BBC Radio London *
A rich, superbly researched, definitive history of Holloway Prison . . . There are so many heartbreaking stories within stories in the book' * The Herald *
Meticulously records a much-needed and balanced history of this home to "royalty and socialites, spies and prostitutes . . . Nazis and aliens, terrorists and freedom fighters" and thousands of very ordinary desperate women -- Yvonne Roberts * Observer *
Fascinating both for its portrait of larger-than-life women and the ways in which they were regarded by wide society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries * History Revealed *
Offers many great tales of those who called the now-closed Holloway prison their home for either long or short stretches of time . . . comprehensive and much-needed . . . A hefty section of the book examines the place of the prison in the suffragette movement, a welcome addition to this year's centenary celebration of the women's right to vote . . . a must-read * Camden New Journal *
An enjoyable and enlightening read, which has much to recommend it * BBC History Magazine *
Caitlin Davies writes with warmth, empathy and humour about the women - some brave and rebellious - who spent time in Holloway PrisonAssiduously researched, Bad Girls documents interweaving struggles against prejudice, injustice, ignorance and poverty . . . the real history of Holloway is written in this insightful and thought-provoking book - which makes for a ripping good read * Jeremy Corbyn *
Davies's absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism - and eccentricity - along with its serious inquiry . . . Davies captures the sense of camaraderie that blossomed inside Holloway, occasionally between warder and inmate . . . Davies uses the prison as a prism through which to chart changing attitudes to women over the past 164 years - beginning with the Victorian notion of "double deviance", which suggested that female criminals had broken not only the law of the land, but that of nature by committing "unwomanly" acts -- Helen Davies * SUNDAY TIMES *
It's such a great read . . . fascinating * Jo Good, BBC Radio London *
A rich, superbly researched, definitive history of Holloway Prison . . . There are so many heartbreaking stories within stories in the book' * The Herald *
Meticulously records a much-needed and balanced history of this home to "royalty and socialites, spies and prostitutes . . . Nazis and aliens, terrorists and freedom fighters" and thousands of very ordinary desperate women -- Yvonne Roberts * Observer *
Fascinating both for its portrait of larger-than-life women and the ways in which they were regarded by wide society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries * History Revealed *
Offers many great tales of those who called the now-closed Holloway prison their home for either long or short stretches of time . . . comprehensive and much-needed . . . A hefty section of the book examines the place of the prison in the suffragette movement, a welcome addition to this year's centenary celebration of the women's right to vote . . . a must-read * Camden New Journal *
An enjoyable and enlightening read, which has much to recommend it * BBC History Magazine *
Caitlin Davies is a novelist, non-fiction author and award-winning journalist. Born in London in 1964, she started her writing career in Botswana, where she worked for the country's first tabloid newspaper, the Voice. She then became editor of the Okavango Observer, during which she was twice arrested and put on trial. Returning to England in 2003, she has worked as a teacher and freelance journalist and is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Bad Girls grew out of her longstanding interest in Holloway Prison, where she completed her teacher training in 1990. She was the only journalist to be given access to the prison and its archives during Holloway's closure in 2016. caitlindavies.co.uk @CaitlinDavies2
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473647763 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473647762 |
| Title | Bad Girls |
| Author | Caitlin Davies |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2019-02-21 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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