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  • The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey

    WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice

    de Julia Laite ...
    WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'Brilliantly summons up one girl's life, dreams and suffering. It's ingenious history writing' Mail on Sunday'A gripping, unputdownable masterpiece' - Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five'Extraordinary' - Guardian'Historical writing does not get any better than this' Matt Houlbrook, author of The Prince of ... ... Leer más

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  • Wolfenden's Women

    Prostitution in Post-war Britain

    Series series Genders and Sexualities in History
    This critical sourcebook compiles excerpts from the extensive interviews undertaken by the Wolfenden Committee on the subject of prostitution. The Committee is remembered, first and foremost, for recommending the decriminalization of sex between men. However, the other half of its remit—prostitution—has largely been forgotten, despite the fact that prostitution, not homosexuality, was the original ... Leer más

    $116.99 USD

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    The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey

    A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice

    de Julia Laite ...
    Narrado por Kristin Atherton ...

    Completo

    11 hora 23 minutos

    WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION1910, Wellington, New Zealand. Lydia Harvey is sixteen, working long hours for low pay, when a glamorous couple invite her to Buenos Aires. She accepts - and disappears.1910, London, England. Amid a global panic about sex trafficking, detectives are tracking a ring of international criminals when they find a young woman on the streets of Soho who ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

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