The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law - A Hidden History HEALTH - SEXUALITY Lecturer in Film at the

Lecturer in Film at the University of Stirling

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On a street in a town in the North of England

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The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law - A Hidden History HEALTH - SEXUALITY Lecturer in Film at the'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 a rise in attacks on women summed up