Bad girls from history : wicked or misunderstood?
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2017.
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Published
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2017.
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Book
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148 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (page [143]) and index.
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You won't be familiar with every one of the huge array of women featured in these pages, but all, familiar or not, leave unanswered questions behind them. The range is extensive, as was the research, with its insight into the lives and minds of women in different centuries, different countries, with diverse cultures and backgrounds, from the poverty stricken to royalty. Mistresses, murderers, smugglers, pirates, prostitutes and fanatics with hearts and souls that feature every shade of black (and grey!). From Cleopatra to Ruth Ellis, from Boudicca to Bonnie Parker, from Lady Caroline Lamb to Moll Cutpurse, from Jezebel to Ava Gardner. Less familiar names include Mary Jeffries, the Victorian brothel-keeper, Belle Starr, the American gambler and horse thief, La Voisin, the seventeenth-century Queen of all Witches in France but these are random names, to illustrate the variety of the content in store for all those interested in women who defy law and order, for whatever reason. The risqué, the adventurous and the outrageous, the downright nasty and the downright desperate all human (female!) life is here. From the lower strata of society to the aristocracy, class is not a common denominator. Wicked? Misunderstood? Nave? Foolish? Predatory? Manipulative? Or just out of their time? Read and decide.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gordon, D. (2017). Bad girls from history: wicked or misunderstood? . Pen & Sword History.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gordon, Dee. 2017. Bad Girls From History: Wicked or Misunderstood?. Pen & Sword History.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gordon, Dee. Bad Girls From History: Wicked or Misunderstood? Pen & Sword History, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gordon, Dee. Bad Girls From History: Wicked or Misunderstood? Pen & Sword History, 2017.

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