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You wont be familiar with every one of the huge array of women featured in this book, but all, familiar or not, leave unanswered questions behind them. The range is extensive, as was the research, with its insight into the lives and minds of women in different centuries, different countries, with diverse cultures and backgrounds, from the poverty stricken to royalty. Mistresses, murderers, smugglers, pirates, prostitutes, and fanatics with hearts and souls that feature every shade of black (and grey!). From Cleopatra to Ruth Ellis, from Boudicca to Bonnie Parker, from Lady Caroline Lamb to Moll Cutpurse, from Jezebel to Ava Gardner. Less familiar names include Mary Jeffries, the Victorian brothel-keeper, Belle Starr, the American gambler and horse thief, La Voisin, the seventeenth-century Queen of all Witches in France but these are random names, to illustrate the variety of the content in store for all those interested in women who defy law and order, for whatever reason. The risque, the adventurous and the outrageous, the downright nasty and the downright desperate all human (female!) life is here. From the lower strata of society to the aristocracy, class is not a common denominator. Wicked? Misunderstood? Nave? Foolish? Predatory? Manipulative? Or just out of their time? Listen and decide.

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Following her belated literature degree, Dee Gordon has written books about Southend, Essex, the East End of London, and the 1960s, and had articles published in such diverse publications as Essex Life, Best of British, Yours, and Take a Break. Originally from East London, she has lived in Southend-on-Sea for over thirty years with her autistic son. Naomi Madelin is an experienced actor and voice artist with a degree in drama and theater from Royal Holloway. She's starred on stage and has numerous credits in TV commercials, series, and films. Between narrating and voice acting, she trains for her other passion: competitive mountain running. Based near Geneva, Naomi is a confident French speaker. Naomi draws on her experiences of traveling and living in many different places to create multiple characters for narration and her other voice work. In addition to audiobooks, Naomi narrates documentaries and voices video games as well as business and e-learning projects.

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