Hanging of Margaret Dickson

Alison J. Butler

earliest edition we have, 2013 Anthem Press, 2013 298 pages

In an age when women are expected to know their place, be submissive, dutiful and chaste, Maggie Dickson, a Musselburgh fishwife, is often in trouble. She's outspoken, promiscuous and vituperative. While her husband's at sea, she sells her fish, sleeps with men for pleasure or money and looks after her two children. In time, her husband abandons her. Maggie quits Musselburgh and heads for Newcastle to stay with relat...

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Hanging of Margaret Dickson edition · 2013 · Anthem Press · 298 pages · 9780857280244
Hanging of Margaret Dickson edition · 2013 · Anthem Press · 298 pages · 9780857280350
Hanging of Margaret Dickson edition · 2013 · Anthem Press · 298 pages · 9780857283474
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