Dimensions
159 x 232 x 30mm
Post-Civil War New York City is the battleground of the American dream; an era of vast fortunes and crushing poverty; an era in which some of the most infamous characters in American history collide over the issues of sexuality, censorship, women’s rights, and privacy.
In a sprawling fictionalised history written in the epic style of Piercy’s critically acclaimed 'Gone to Soldiers', 'Sex Wars' unfolds through the alternating viewpoints of Victoria Woodhull, notorious advocate of sexual freedom and candidate for President of the United States; Anthony Comstock, feared morals crusader who fought to eliminate sexual expression; the free-thinking suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton; and Freydeh, a spirited young Jewish woman from Russia who takes up condom-making to support herself and her unconventional family.
