Suffragettes Stories

A fearless socialist and an ambitious aristocratic politician become bitter enemies in Victorian London, but as their battle over the future of England intensifies, so does the impossible attraction neither can afford to acknowledge. *** London, 1891. When socialist Beatrice Vale disrupts a parliamentary debate, she earns a powerful enemy in Lord Adrian Whitcombe, Viscount Alden, a young, ambitious politician with a distaste for disruption and an unwavering belief in order. Bea is fearless, outspoken, and determined to change Britain. Adrian is disciplined, composed, and equally determined to preserve it. Their bitter feud soon spreads beyond Westminster, drawing them into public debates, newspaper columns, glittering drawing rooms, and the darkest streets of the East End. But with every clash, the line between animosity and attraction begins to blur. As their convictions are tested, so too are the hearts neither of them ever intended to risk.

In Canada, 1904, Richard Marcus the third and Priscilla stand before a judge to dissolve a marriage of abuse and adultery. He has all the rights, she is legally not considered a person. Will he win by turning a divorce court into a prosecution Priscilla? As Richard Marcus the third shreds her on the witness stand the possibility of deliverance comes from unlikely sources.

THE OTHER SIDE OF SCANDAL explains what happens after Sherlock Holmes hands Myrl the photograph of her mother, Irene Adler. This is a short account, derived from Faye's journals about a night Myrl came to see Faye to discuss matters which should not be discussed. Chronologically, the story comes between IN THE DEAD OF WINTER and DANCE OF THE SPIDER MONKEY.

History case studies and revision

thats my drafting on the subjects : The suffragettes the problem is : Imagine you are a suffragettte doing of those actions , Describe this event (preparation,reaction),your personnal motivation and the consequences NB: the scene is set before 1918

"It's not right that we should have to fight for something so obviously right and just as having the vote but we must. Someone must!" Lady Anastasia Banks has lived her entire life thus far in a world where she may do as she likes, be it running around the countryside with her cousins or sitting quietly in a secluded corner, immersed in a book about the flora and fauna of her home county of Kent. But with her 'coming out' only a year away, Anastasia gradually realises her future will be quite different. And she's not sure if she'll like it. Thrust into the world of Edwardian high society and faced with an impossible choice, Anastasia comes to see that perhaps life isn't so simple and fair as she once thought. In her frustration, she comes across a group of ladies who promise to help her... to help all women.

Enola Holmes has disappeared, leaving behind a cryptic clue, a bloodied dagger and a room full of secrets. It's up to Sherlock to follow the trail she left behind. A follow up to Enola Holmes, taking place 2 years after the movie in 1893 and switches between Enola and Sherlock's point of view. Please leave a comment if you like it :)

I enjoy history and historical novels. This is my first post so any suggestions are welcome!

An irrepressible hero takes on the hidden power of the Establishment and the fury of the heroine ~ The Honourable Eliza Eynsford-Hill ~ in this good-humoured tale of adventure, politics, royalty, magic, intrigue and romance. Ladies Day in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot will never be the same again after the Honorable Eliza Eynsford-Hill finds herself, unwittingly, chained to the railings of the racecourse and in front of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. So begins the story that just may change the way that you think of the world that you think you know, for Revolution and, who knows, Romance are in the air!!

Set after the wedding. Sam/Donna

Ginny is a mother first and foremost to two girls Sarah-Ann and Cynthia. Her house, a one room slum in the midst of east-end London, also supports her sisters family too. Selina, who is heavily pregnant, her husband Sebastian, a dock worker and her three children, Edward, Lottie and Beatrice. Virginia, Selina and Sarah-Ann work locally at the Bryant and May matchbox factory in Bow. A notorious line of work with unusual and highly painful health risks, predominately 'Phossy Jaw' and who's employees consist of 95% women. Brutally supervised by Harland Beazley the women of the matchbox factory are scrupulously controlled to the point of fear. One step out of line, a matchbox dropped, the wrong or not footwear would see a worker fined half a days wage. To make ends meat Ginny involves Edward, Lottie and Beatrice in the matchbox making process at her home. But when a newspaper reports on the working conditions for the women at the factory, Ginny spots an opportunity and realises a deep embedded ambition to fight the powers that be. Ginny is faced with crippling fines and fears her eldest daughter may be falling foul of the common lines, 'Phossy'. Ginny fights against the male dominated society the only way she can, secretly in liaison with the newspaper.

The Significance of Suffrage in the UK

Lillian McCullough, a sixteen year old Scottish Immigrant with a fervid imagination, meets two women who will change her life. Catherine Hartwell, a teacher and a secret suffragette, is betrothed to rich bachelor who treats his servants, including Lillian with disrespect. Catherine and Lillian become fast friends and soon meet an author of a suffrage newspaper, nicknamed Angie Morgan. Together they fight for the rights they deserve and break away from their preconception of the world and make it their own.

Her sister Grace is graceful. And beautiful and charming and witty. Felicity however lacks all that and her own namesake; happiness. Overshadowed and taunted by her twin sister her entire life, Felicity yearns to escape to a world where she can excel. That world exists. The only problem is that it belongs to men. The year is 1901 and women will not be allowed to practise law for another eighteen years. They face crippling inequality before the courts and lack any form of political power to change that. Desperate to make a difference and find her true calling, Felicity leaves her life as a gaunt and undesirable bluestocking and, with the help of her older brother, becomes Felix, a first year law student at Cambridge. She had given up all hope of ever finding love. Who could love a skinny intellectual like herself? So sure was she, Felicity was willing to sacrifice any future possibility in order to live as Felix and make a change. But as the term progresses, Felicity begins to consider whether she may have been too hasty in her decision. An historical fiction novel documenting one woman’s extraordinary effort to make her mark in what was solely a man’s world, trying to find felicity in freedom and love.

Lucky, i dont know why im writing this because this will never have to face the abuse and strain i had to cope with before i took my wise decision. A suffragette is no profession for a child, let alone a manipulative one. I cant help it that i HATE you; why couldn't you have stayed the same and not stood out? You ruined our reputation- well mine now! My money is only a tool, it is not super glue to fix Dumb Lucky Johnson's ignorant offences!!! Your name is a shield, your heart is your enemy, your breath is fast but will slow down- my reputation is gone and its ALL down to you!! Only MY reputation; YOU are dead to me now! From Dad

This is a Fan fiction! Thanks to one of my commenters who gave me a great idea, @DanielleG2900 This is basically a continual to my first book... The original SnS characters belongs to the very talented @TheSirRob! <<(Awesome guy) This story will be shared on both sides of Dagliesh and Ambrose households. Lilly and Ambrose will soon be expecting a son and he will grow up to fancy a certain someone, but their fathers are old rivals which puts a hole into their hearts. The mothers are desperately trying to sustain their own marriages while making it their business that their children are happy.... no matter the cost. Will these financial magnates finally wave the white flag? Or will the young love birds be brave enough to fight for their right to love?