![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Its subject matter picks up where Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes - The Story of Women in the 1950s left off, and exposes the new battleground for women as the sexual revolution kicks in. In The Times, Ysenda Maxtone Graham gave the book a superlative review, describing it as “sparklingly readable”, and ‘ magisterial and sensuous overview of the decade”, while Rosie Boycott wrote in the Financial Times: “The stories are terrific”, and Daisy Goodwin’s Sunday Times review described it as a “sparkling survey…” featuring “a wonderfully diverse range of voices… Reading this book made me grateful for how far we had come.” My sixth, How Was it for You? Women, Sex, Love and Power in the 1960s, was published in March 2019. I’ve now written five books of social history. ‘Virginia Nicholson is the outstanding recorder of British lives in the twentieth century.’ No one else makes history this fun.’Īmanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire ‘Virginia Nicholson is one of the great social historians of our time.This is where you can find out about me, about the books I write, about my work for Charleston, and about how to contact me. ![]()
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