That Bloody Woman | The Turbulent Life of Emily Hobhouse: Cornwall's Forgotten Heroine

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Publisher's original sepia photographic card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Now virtually forgotten, Emily Hobhouse was in her time one of the most controversial figures in the world, hailed as a second Joan of Arc or Florence Nightingale yet denounced as a traitor to her country. Joseph Chamberlain wondered if she poses a threat to the entire British Empire; to Lord Kitchener who ordered her forcible deportation from South Africa, she was always "that bloody woman"; to her friend Gandhi she was "one of the noblest of women". Contains 329 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with front free end paper and title pages missing, small label removed from inside the front cover, else in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Scarce. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781850222170 BIO (Résumé, Memoir). N° de ref. del artículo 111513

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