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Absolutely mesmerising, Douglas's meticulously detailed research reveals a fascinating story that's been lost for centuriesSara SheridanThough a work of non-fiction, this is a teasing and tantalising historical drama, beautifully written by DouglasSass MacDonaldWith My Own Hand is a necessary act of queer historical reclamation. In recovering Marie Maitland from the margins of manuscript culture, Ashley Douglas does more than reconstruct a life: she demonstrates that women's same-sex desire was part of the lived and articulated reality of the early modern world. At a time when the legitimacy o...Read More