The Walnut Tree
Women, Violence and the Law – a Hidden History
$23.55
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
13 August 2025
Summary
‘Compulsively readable’ – Times Literary Supplement ‘An outstanding work’ – Philippa Gregory ‘A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity’ – Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence
‘A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better they’ll be.’
So went the proverb quoted by a prominent MP in the Houses of Parliament in 1853. His words – intended ironically in a debate about a rise in attacks on women…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008559618 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008559619 |
| Author: | Kate Morgan |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Mudlark |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Throughout this fine and eminently, even compulsively readable book, Morgan explores the greatest of all legal fictions: that the law applies equally to all… The Walnut Tree is a fascinating historical excursion and a powerful demand for change, moving seamlessly from history to current events, and back, to show not only that the past is not a foreign country, but that most of the time it is not even past.’ – Judith Flanders, Times Literary Supplement
‘Compulsively readable’ – Times Literary Supplement
‘An outstanding work’ – Philippa Gregory
‘A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity’ – Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence
Kate Morgan
Kate Morgan qualified as a solicitor in 2008. She worked as a senior in-house lawyer in the water industry for a number of years and is currently a Company Secretary. Kate has also written for legal publications including the Commercial Litigation Journal and is a contributor to Slightly Foxed, a quarterly literary magazine. Murder: The Biography is her first book.
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