Readership: Scholars and students of nineteenth-century British political and social history, and the history of gender.
Kathryn Gleadle, Fellow in Modern History, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
"[An] excellent book. Compelling not simply because it is theoretically well informed but because it is exceptionally well researched. The depth and breadth of her engagement with the published and manuscript sources of the era is remarkable." - Journal of British Studies