A Vindication of the Rights of Woman HC25 celebrating the wisdom and power

celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond

540 x 410 mm - Includes Puzzle Insert

from the outset

A triumph' WILLIAM BOYD 'As compelling as its subject' TLS ' Riveting and revelatory' THE NEW YORKER 'An alluring new biography' THE ECONOMIST 'Purnell's research is impeccable' SPECTATOR 'Kingmaker is on to something important

award-winning author of The Bone Maker ‘Brutal politics

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman HC25 celebrating the wisdom and power'She is alive and active we hear her voice and trace her influence even now' Virginia Woolf Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an