{"product_id":"9780241646090","title":"Jane Anger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I devoured this book! Jane Anger is a voice that must be heard, and in Rosanna Pike's capable hands, she sings' Bonnie Garmus, author of \u003ci\u003ePeck and Peck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gloriously sharp and wonderfully witty novel about the power of the written word - and a woman finding her voice. Rosanna Pike has crafted a heroine for the ages. I loved it' Emilia Hart, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Historical fiction at its most sharp and lively. Filled with seething anger and scathing wit, this novel enrages, surprises, and entertains' Emma Van Straaten, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Immaculate Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deliciously bawdy tale of female emancipation and the power of words to inflame and inspire. I romped through it' Joanna Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Eights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eJane Anger\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to light a fire in you; it crackles with wit, passion, and the fiercest flame of all: hope. I loved it' Jessie Elland, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ladie Upstairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1589: A woman may be on the throne of England, but in the burgeoning pamphlet-printing business it is men who own the narrative. And the narrative tells a familiar story against women: of original sin and corruption, of temptresses and witches, of the risky folly of indulging an outspoken wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKit Straker, trapped in a marriage to a man whose ego is as large as his belly is wide, can only suffer in silence as the pamphlets of Francis Straker, decrying the weakness and sinfulness of the fairer sex gather a growing following in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she meets Will, an apprentice printer, and Winifred, a prostitute who has carved out her own kind of freedom among the stews of Southwark, they give her the courage to secretly defy her husband and spread her own, very different message. Soon London is in thrall to the battle of wits between 'Jane Anger' and Francis Straker, and the women of the city are asking questions they have never dared utter before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the net closes in around her and those she loves are dragged deeper into danger, Kit must choose between staying silent or gambling all on the power of words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pike, Rosanna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57026378793346,"sku":"9780241646090","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780241646090.jpg?v=1794307899","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241646090","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}