Ann Veronica

Twentyone passionate and headstrong <strong>Ann Veronica</strong> Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her attending a fashionabl... » 

Twentyone passionate and headstrong Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her attending a fashionable ball she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start in London. There she finds a world of intellectuals socialists and suffragettes a place where as a student in biology at Imperial College she can be truly free. But when she meets the brilliant Capes a married academic and quickly falls in love she soon finds that freedom comes at a price. A fascinating description of the womens suffrage movement Ann Veronica offers an optimistic depiction of one womans sexual awakening and search for independence. «