Strait Lace
By Rosemary Hayward
By Rosemary Hayward
Publication Date: 8th March 2025
Publisher: Rosemary Hayward
Pages: 400 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
It is 1905. Edwardian England. Harriet Loxley, the daughter of a vicar and niece to a prominent Nottingham lace manufacturer, spends her days playing cricket with her brother, scouring the countryside for botanical specimens, and never missing an opportunity to argue the case for political power for women. Given the chance to visit the House of Commons, Harriet witnesses the failure of a historic bill for women’s voting rights. She also meets the formidable Pankhurst women.
When Harriet gets the chance to study biology at Bedford College, London, she finds her opportunity to be at the heart of the fight. From marching in the street, to speaking to hostile crowds, to hurling stones through windows, just how far will Harriet go?
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Rosemary Hayward
Rosemary Hayward is the author of Margaret Leaving, a historical mystery uncovering little known events that occurred in the immediate aftermath to World War II. She is also the creator of Your Next Book, a deeply nerdy monthly newsletter describing a book picked from her bookshelf, or Kindle.
She is British by birth but now lives part of the year in California and part in southern Spain.
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Thank you very much for hosting Rosemary Hayward today, with her fascinating novel, Strait Lace.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for featuring Strait Lace. There are not many works of historical fiction about suffragettes, which is a shame because they were extraordinary people.
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