Emelyne Godfrey

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Mrs Pankhurst's Bodyguard

On the Trail of 'Kitty' Marshall and the Met Police 'Cats'

Beschreibung

How suffragette and jujitsu trained bodyguard â Kittyâ Marshall protected her close friend, Emmeline Pankhurst, in their fight for political equality - all the while being shadowed by the government and Scotland Yard detectives (the â Catsâ )

Autor

Dr Emelyne Godfrey studied the culture of self-defence in the Victorian and Edwardian eras and helped to popularise the subject of 'jujut-suffragettes' through articles for the TLS, BBC History Magazine and History Today, appearing on The One Show with Gyles Brandreth. She lectures widely and has previously written on crime and self-defence in Victorian literature for Palgrave Macmillan. She is chairman of the H.G. Wells Society and on the committee of the Metropolitan Police History Society. She lives in London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 164mm x 242mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781803991757
• ISBN-10: 1803991755
• Artikelnr.: 66267370