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Strait Lace
Author: Rosemary Hayward
Narrator: Rosemary Hayward
Unabridged: 11 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 07/17/2026
Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Historical Fiction, World Literature
Synopsis
‘A smartly plotted historical novel offering an intriguing insight into the Suffragette movement and what they were fighting for. Highly recommended!’ – The Wishing Shelf
A young woman in Edwardian England is expected to behave with propriety, especially if she is the daughter of a vicar. But Harriet Loxley’s family is not as staid as you might imagine and when Harriet leaves Nottingham for London to pursue her studies it is with her family’s support. What she doesn’t tell them is that she also intends to seek out the Women’s Social and Political Union and the notorious Christabel Pankhurst.
Harriet’s fight for the vote plays out against the background of her family’s ups and downs in the Nottingham lace industry and her own struggle to realize her potential in a society that sets limits on women.
A young woman in Edwardian England is expected to behave with propriety, especially if she is the daughter of a vicar. But Harriet Loxley’s family is not as staid as you might imagine and when Harriet leaves Nottingham for London to pursue her studies it is with her family’s support. What she doesn’t tell them is that she also intends to seek out the Women’s Social and Political Union and the notorious Christabel Pankhurst.
Harriet’s fight for the vote plays out against the background of her family’s ups and downs in the Nottingham lace industry and her own struggle to realize her potential in a society that sets limits on women.