Liberty

'This book is excellent!Moore seems to have that rare gift of making a work both scholarly and yet as readable as a thriller.' Julian Fellowes 'A fascinating spectrum of female experience inside the Revolution and among the ruins it left behind! "Liberty" is extremely elegant and thought provoking!In mapping these six varied and overlapping lives, Moore vividly reminds us of the immense struggle there has been to establish political rights for women.' Daily Telegraph 'Lively, well-researched!it is no small task to bring together six such different lives against a historical background of rapid and complicated change but Lucy Moore has done it with skill and brio.' Sunday Telegraph 'Lively narrative full of pungent details!serious but entertaining.' Independent on Sunday 'Moore!catches the feeling of the turbulent times excellently!and never allows us to forget, as academic historians too often do, that people in the past were not abstractions, but men and women of flesh and blood, passions, enthusiasms, hopes, and fears.' Allan Massie, Literary Review 'Fascinating!It's the abundance of!details, and the verve with which she presents them, that makes Moore's story so enjoyable.' Sam Leith, Spectator 'This vivid, gripping book follows the fortunes of six women through one of history's most exciting -- and dangerous -- times.' Scotsman '!A marvellous book, which I would recommend to both the expert and the novice.' Julian Fellowes More praise for 'Maharanis': 'Engrossing, absorbingly intelligent and thoughtful.' Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times 'Erudite, poignant and compelling. With this exotic and flamboyant story Lucy Moore brings India to life in a way rarely achieved by English historians.' Simon Sebag Montefiore