The Suffragette and the Soldier is "a beautifully written and carefully researched novel." The writing shows "a subtle grasp of human behaviour in both its folly and its wisdom."
Claire Holden Rothman, author of The Heart Specialist, nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 1911. May Jones, pampered socialite from Birmingham, turns militant suffragette and takes to breaking windows, burning buildings, and harassing politicians in order...