First line: Some folks call the prize-ring a nursery for vice. Review: I loved this book. I just loved it. The awesome is just one layer upon another: the plot is fascinating, the characters intriguing, the writing spectacular, the author's story amazing. Shamefully, I didn't pen my thoughts back ...
I have been waiting for Anna Freeman’s The Fair Fight to arrive at my library since I read the first review. The book includes so many of the things I like: set in eighteenth century England, unconventional women, multiple narrators, and women boxing! I finally got my hands on a copy this week and i...
Ruth is born into a brothel, called ‘The Convent’ in 18th century Bristol. Her mother is the hard-fisted Madam of the brothel, her sister Dora is the beauty, trained to take her mom’s place and Ruth is the scrapper with a not-so-fortunate face. Ruth’s future seems bleak until Dora’s regular clien...
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