Written by Jessica Swale, Nell Gwynn charts the rags-to-riches story of Nell, London’s first actor-ess (“it means female actor”), in a saucy, irreverent, not-entirely-historically-accurate but very entertaining look into this woman’s life.
This collection of feminist essays covers a wide range of topics including literature, the silencing of women’s voices, sexual assault and motherhood - which is The Mother of All Questions.