Description:
One of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2024
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024
An illuminating group portrait of the eighteenth-century women who dared to imagine an active life for themselves in both mind and spirit.
Brief description: Susannah Gibson is an Irish writer and historian. She is the author of The Spirit of Inquiry and Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge in eighteenth-century history and lives in Cambridge, England.
Review Quotes: Gibson's work is a thrilling portal into the lives of several extraordinary women in eighteenth century England and a celebration of their many achievements.--Amy Prendergast "Dublin Review of Books"