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The never-before-told story of the extraordinary women behind a trailblazing British magazine. During the 1890s, British women for the first time began to leave their family homes to seek work, accommodation, and financial and sexual freedom. Decadent Women is an account of some of these women who wrote for the innovative art and literary journal The Yellow Book. For the first time, and drawing on original research, Jad Adams describes the liv...

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A portrait of the suffragist who moved from terrorism to social political engagement.

A beautifully illustrated, evocative portrayal of a by-gone age

The first genuinely global history of how women won the vote - written by a man. A book with controversial conclusions.

A brand-new biography of the 'father' of modern India.

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Provocative. Adams strips away Gandhi's saintly aura and explores the duality . . . of India's most famous leader. Financial Times

A reappraisal of a deeply controversial though great writer, as deeply hated as he was loved.

The first genuinely global history of how women won the vote - written by a man. A book with controversial conclusions.

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Hideous Absinthe boldly combines the art, literature, science, and social history of the nineteenth century to produce the story of a drink that came to symbolize both the high points of art and the depths of degeneration. Jad Adams looks at the myths of absinthe and examines its influence on the artistic movements of the nineteenth century. He considers the work of Degas, Manet, and Picasso, who painted what are now considered masterpieces de...