A Georgian Heroine: The Intriguing Life of Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs by Joanne Major & Sarah Murden

First of all I would like to thank Alex at Pen and Sword Books for being so kind and sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. This book was first published in 2017 and the book centres on (official blurb): “Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs lived an incredible life, one which proved that fact is often much stranger than fiction. As a young woman she endured a tortured existence at the hands of a male tormentor, but emerged from that to reinvent herself as a playwright and author; a political pamphleteer and a spy, working for the British Government and later singlehandedly organising George III s Jubilee celebrations. Trapped in France during the revolutionary years of 1792-95, she published an anonymous account of her adventures. However, was everything as it seemed? The extraordinary Mrs Biggs lived life on her own terms in an age when it was a man’s world, using politicians as her mouthpiece in the Houses of Parliament and corresponding with the greatest men of the day. Throughout it all though, she held on to the ideal of her one youthful true love, a man who abandoned her to her fate and spent his entire adult life in India. Who was this amazing lady? In A Georgian Heroine: The Intriguing Life of Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs, we delve into her life to reveal her accomplishments and lay bare Mrs Biggs continued re-invention of herself. This is the bizarre but true story of an astounding woman persevering in a man’s world.”

A Georgian Heroine: The Intriguing Life of Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs is a fascinating look into the life of Rachel Charlotte William Biggs and her heroic accomplishments during the Georgian Era. This book was a well-written, well-researched, informative and enjoyable read.

As a whole this book makes for a fascinating story and read. Rachel was most definitely an amazing woman as well as a trailblazer and an over comer. Throughout the whole of this book it is very clear and easy to see the hard work and detective work that went into this book. It most definitely shows that this book was a labour of love for the both authors.

A few things that I loved about this book was one that it was such a light read but also that it had a fast-paced narrative. Another thing that I loved about this book was learning about Rachel and how fearless and independent that she was even though it was not that common for a woman to be both fearless and independent during the Regency Era. Rachel did so much in her life for example: she was an author, playwright, female politician, a spy and even an inciter of propaganda. Countless times she put her own life at risk and her health to support her own beliefs. It is very clear to see that Rachel was most definitely a Georgian Heroine.

Overall, A Georgian Heroine: The Intriguing Life of Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs by Joanne Major and Sarah Murden was an extremely fair and balanced account of a truly remarkable and trailblazer Regency woman.

The edition was published by Pen and Sword History (2017)

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