Lives of Victorian Political Figures III: Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Annie Besant and Millicent Garrett FawcettThis four-volume set brings alive through the eyes of their contemporaries four of the key players in the independence and labour movements of the 19th century. The authors have drawn together journals, diaries, pamphlets, correspondence, and other ephemeral literature to show clearly what people thought of these figures at the time. |
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VOLUME | 1 |
Secularist and Birth Controller | 13 |
Malcolm Quin Memoirs of a Positivist 1924 excerpt | 35 |
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