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Radclyffe Hall was born in 1880 in Bournemouth in a house inappropriately named Sunny Lawn. Her mother drank gin in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy, and her father fled the family home.At the mercy of a violent mother and sexually abusive stepfather, her life changed when at the age of eighteen she inherited her father's estate of 100,000. She was free to travel, pursue women and write â most notably, the now great lesbian classic, The Well of Loneliness, which was declared "inherently obscene" by the Home Secretary and banned. In this brilliantly written, witty and satirical biography Diana Souhami brings a fresh and irreverent eye to the life of this intriguing and troubled woman. Also check out these other Diana Souhami biographies of celebrated lesbians in the arts and culture.
Paperback, 432 Pages, Orig. Publ. 1998, This Ed. Publ. 2013
Author: Diana Souhami