The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law – a Hidden History by Kate Morgan #literature 'The truth of her writing

'The truth of her writing is as necessary today as it's ever been' Guardian

With insight from coaches and administrators

EburyISBN: 9781529944723Extent: 480 pages

New translation by Minna Zallman Proctor

and sometimes paradoxical

The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law – a Hidden History by Kate Morgan #literature 'The truth of her writingA Waterstones Best History Book 2024 'Compulsively readable' Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' Philippa Gregory 'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence 'A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better theyll be.' So went the proverb quoted by a prominent MP in the Houses of Parliament in 1853. His words intended ironically in a debate about