Bad Girls from History, Dee Gordon
Bad Girls from History, Dee Gordon
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Bad Girls from History
Wicked or Misunderstood?

Author: Dee Gordon

Narrator: Naomi Madelin

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/26/2022

Synopsis

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.

About Dee Gordon

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kara on September 28, 2017

This is one of those tough books to rate and review, because anything I say is going to feel too harsh. Bad Girls from History is not a bad book by any means; I think there is a sizable audience out there for whom this could be an interesting and informative read. I’m just not a member of that audie......more

Goodreads review by Valerity (Val) on August 30, 2017

(3.5 out of 5 stars) This was a wild bunch of women from history, some I was familiar with, but plenty was new to me which kept it interesting too. From infamous murdering courtesans of Europe to American film stars such as Ava Gardner, there are both highborn females and the less high. It was fun t......more

Goodreads review by Pooja on April 21, 2025

There’s that well-known quote that we’ll-behaved women rarely make history - but in this book, we meet many who were notorious in their day for transgressing all kinds of boundaries generally imposed on women. The author covers a wide variety of geographical regions and time periods in her selection......more

Goodreads review by Krissys on August 13, 2017

Bad Girls From History is interesting less what I expected but still decent to read if you want some basic detail profiles on many notorious women in history. Most of them misunderstood, others given a bad reputation brought onto them by men as usual others who actually are quite bad and enjoyed bei......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on April 29, 2019

This was another Christmas present and I have to say that I adore my friends see something titled Bad Girls from History: Wicked or Misunderstood? and immediately think of me. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Now, this book is more little snippets of historical information than a cohesive text......more

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