Studies in Irish Radical Leadership: Lives on the Left
Emmet O'Connor and John Cunningham
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By European standards, the left in Ireland has not been successful historically, yet its failure has...
Farzana: The Woman Who Saved an Empire
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Amongst the riches of nineteenth century India, as the British fought their way across Mughal...
Stage Mothers: Women, Work, and the Theater, 1660-1830
Laura Engel and Elaine M. McGirr
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Stage Mothers explores the connections between motherhood and the theater both on and off stage...
Women as Public Moralists in Britain - From the Bluestockings to Virginia Woolf: Volume 95
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In nineteenth-century Britain, public debates about the nation's moral health and about men's and...
White Chrysanthemum
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'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe.' Hana and her...
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The Bigamist
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Directed by the actor/film-maker Ida Lupino, The Bigamist (1953) is the story of Harry Graham, a...
Defending the Motherland: The Soviet Women Who Fought Hitler's Aces
Antony Beevor, Lyuba Vinogradova and Arch Tait
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Plucked from every background, and led by an N.K.V.D. Major, the new recruits who boarded a train in...
The Beggar's Opera
Vivian Jones, John Gay and David Linley
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Mr. and Mrs. Peachum are horrified when they learn of their daughter Polly's secret marriage to the...
Medea is shunned by her family because of her magic, so when the ever-so-attractive Jason turns up with an exit plan, Medea decides to help him escape and take her with him. She’s obsessed with him: he pays her attention, and she’s never had anyone pay her attention in a good way before. But as his ardour wanes and he realises that Medusa is a liability, he cheats on her in a big way - and Medea is enraged. She will have her revenge.
I don’t blame her.
I liked that we learn her motivation for her radical actions - and I empathised with her. The first person narrative certainly helped with that. I didn’t agree with how she went about her revenge, but it was effective 🤷🏼♀️. You don’t often read about Hekate, either. I’m hoping Nikita Gill’s new book will sort that out (and I have it on my kindle to read!).
This is a dark story. Medea is complex and flawed, but at the same time, she’s so interesting to read about. I’d really recommend this book! Female rage is always good to read about 😉