Radical Victorians The Women and Men who Dared to Think Differently by James Hobson

 This is a fascinating book, although many of these radical Victorians were extremely dogmatic, and sound rather unlikeable. However, it is often the unlikeable ones who get things done, perhaps.

Some of these radical Victorians are quite well-known, such as Keir Hardie, but others are not known now. For example, if you mentioned Josephine Baker to anyone, they would assume that you meant the black singer, not a minister's wife who helped prostitutes in Victorian England. Charles Dilke is another one who isn't very well-known. Even W.T. Stead would not be a name familiar to most people now.

This can be difficult to read at times because the people that these Victorian radicals helped lived in such grim conditions, and because most of them had hard lives, and were badly treated. 

I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

EDITION	Hardcover
ISBN	9781399008266
PRICE	£25.00 (GBP)