Hannah Bullen is thirty today, but nobody has remembered.
As usual she wakes up early to make breakfast for her impoverished family, and remembers it's her birthday. But will her family care? Back when she became pregnant for the second time outside of marriage her father's anger was terrifying, frequently protecting the children from her father's beatings, and their mother's drunkenness.
So still, despite her powerful arms, her broad strong chest, and her fearless eyes, Hannah fears her father. But maybe, just maybe, this year could be different?
The Sixth Beatitude is a moving tale of strength of a woman and her family surviving against the odds, and a fascinating portrait of 19th century rural life on Romney Marsh.
'Vivid and interesting' - Sunday Times
'Arresting and original' - Daily Telegraph
'Whoever we are, we tend to see ourselves in her.' - Terry Castle
Radclyffe Hall was born on the south coast of England to an abusive mother and a playboy father. After this unhappy childhood, she inherited their estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose. She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was banned in the U.K. until 1948, but is now hailed as a classic of lesbian literature. She wrote many other acclaimed novels, short story collections, and poetry collections.
Genre: Historical Romance
As usual she wakes up early to make breakfast for her impoverished family, and remembers it's her birthday. But will her family care? Back when she became pregnant for the second time outside of marriage her father's anger was terrifying, frequently protecting the children from her father's beatings, and their mother's drunkenness.
So still, despite her powerful arms, her broad strong chest, and her fearless eyes, Hannah fears her father. But maybe, just maybe, this year could be different?
The Sixth Beatitude is a moving tale of strength of a woman and her family surviving against the odds, and a fascinating portrait of 19th century rural life on Romney Marsh.
Praise for Radclyffe Hall
'Vivid and interesting' - Sunday Times
'Arresting and original' - Daily Telegraph
'Whoever we are, we tend to see ourselves in her.' - Terry Castle
Radclyffe Hall was born on the south coast of England to an abusive mother and a playboy father. After this unhappy childhood, she inherited their estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose. She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was banned in the U.K. until 1948, but is now hailed as a classic of lesbian literature. She wrote many other acclaimed novels, short story collections, and poetry collections.
Genre: Historical Romance
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