The Trials of Radclyffe Hall

'Ye Gods what a character. From start to finish of Souhami's book my lower jaw kept dropping with amazement' Val Hennessey, Daily Mail. * Daily Mail * 'An outrageously entertaining book' Victoria Glendenning, Daily Telegraph. * Daily Telegraph * 'This reviewer found herself engrossed from page one. Carried along at breakneck speed by the pace and wit of Souhami's style. Fascinating and frightening, a magnificent book' Teresa Waugh, Spectator. * Spectator *

Diana Souhami is the author of Selkirk's Island (winner of the Whitbread Biography award), the bestselling Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter (also winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year'). Her latest book is Murder at Wrotham Hill. She lives in London and Devon.

A Personal Note. MARGUERITE: The Fifth Commandment. Sing, little silent birdie, sing. Come in kid. The pearl necklace she gave me. Sporks, poggers and poons. JOHN: John and Ladye. If I can fix something for Ladye. Roads with no signposts. Chenille caterpillars. TWONNIE: The eternal triangle. A very grave slander. A grossly immoral woman. RADCLYFFE HALL: Octopi. Octopi and chains. How to treat a genius. Books about ourselves. STEPHEN GORDON: Something of the acorn about her. She kissed her full on the lips. THE TRIAL OF RADCLYFFE HALL: Aspects of sexual intercourse. Depraved practice. Sapphism and censorship. A serious psychological subject. I have read the book. Depress! Repress! Suppress! The freedom of human beings. THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE: An awful shock. Just Rye. Give us a kiss. SAME HEART: The intolerable load. A trois. How long O Lord, how long. His name was Father Martin but she called him Henry. OUR THREE SELVES: An empty fiction. Never mind Una. The rain pours down, the icy wind howls. At the Wayside. John's Cavalry. MY JOHN, MY JOHNNIE: Mine for ever. He is my occupation. Books and Notes. Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Index.