Colonel Barker's Monstrous Regiment
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Colonel Barker's Monstrous Regiment by Rose Collis
On April 15, 1929, a few months after Radclyffe Hall's "The Well of Loneliness" was booed, banned and burned, a trial concluded at the Old Bailey with the sentencing of Colonel Victor Barker to nine months imprisonment. For Colonel Barker was, in fact, a woman. Six years earlier as Victor Barker, Valerie Lilias Arhelt Smith had married Elfrida Hayward in St Peters Church, Brighton. Her trial, which became one of the most scandalous news stories of the decade, led to her imprisonment, but on her release she once again assumed life as a man and her life thereafter went from tragedy to fame and back to tragedy again. This is her story.
* 'Excellenttreads a careful line between sensation and sentiment' DAILY TELEGRAPH * 'Remarkably gripping and at times quite hilarious' Val Hennessy, DAILY MAIL * 'Fascinating . Collis's unpretentious, ribald, chatty style carries this ripping yarn' TIME OUT * 'One of the oddest true stories ever told . film producers would be mad not to snap it up' Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAY * 'Extraordinary . a fascinating history' BIG ISSUE
Rose Collis is a journalist and writer. She is the author of several critically acclaimed books including A TROUSER-WEARING CHARACTER:The Life and Times of Nancy Spain (Cassell) and K.D. Lang (Absolute Press).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860498930 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860498930 |
| Title | Colonel Barker's Monstrous Regiment |
| Author | Rose Collis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2002-09-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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