Lucienne Boyce
I write historical fiction (To The Fair Land, The Dan Foster Mysteries) and non-fiction (The Bristol Suffragettes). I blog about women's history, the eighteenth century, women's suffrage, books and writing etc. lucienneboyce.com
- I’m looking forward to joining Ali Bacon and Jean Burnett for a discussion on researching and writing historical fiction at Redland Library on 20 January. friendsofredlandlibrary.org.uk/our-next-eve...
- What happened to the whip suffragette Theresa Garnett used to attack Winston Churchill in 1909? In this blog I trace the history of an iconic artefact. lucienneboyce.com/theresa-garn...
- Reposted by Lucienne Boyce🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London. Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History. Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory
- Reposted by Lucienne Boyce#OTD 7 January 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published. This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. #WomensHistory #GenderHist
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceHappy #WorldTypingDay! Today, we're celebrating the often‑unseen labour of typists who kept movements going. Read Lucienne Boyce’s related content on our blog: womenshistorynetwork.org/with-thanks-... #WomensHistory #GenderHist
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- #ICYMI earlier this week, Robin Eagles of the Georgian Lords posted on uncovering the lives of Black Londoners, among them one who almost certainly joined John London in voting in the 1749 Westminster by-election: historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s... #HistParl #BSECS2026
- Rereading Great Expectations and Wuthering Heights, and Priestley’s When We Are Married at the Donmar in my latest Writer’s Journal. lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/a-writers-...
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- One of the things I enjoy most about Christmas is listening to or reading favourite Christmas poems and prose. I've listed some of my favourites on my blog. What are yours? lucienneboyce.com/1971-2/ #christmas
- A young man has been saved from drowning but has no memory of who he is. When the man who rescued him is murdered on Christmas Eve, Bow Street Runner Dan Foster has to decide if the young man is a murderer, or a victim? A free Dan Foster short story for Christmas. lucienneboyce.com/free-dan-fos...
- Can you over-research, visiting Ancient Egyptians, and one of the best books I’ve ever read in the latest Writer’s Journal. (No I can’t keep a secret – it’s The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden.) lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/a-writers-...
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- I've just posted my "Three Favourite Reads of 2025" at the Shepherd book discovery website! What are they? And what would yours be? shepherd.com/bboy/my-3-fa...
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceWilliam Godwin, the lion who roared twice, is now at large global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceAfter 41 years of selling books etc by & about women - here is my closing-down catalogue - Number 214. womanandhersphere.com/2025/10/16/f... More books will be added - so do check. Writing continues - new book from Bloomsbury in 2026 - The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects
- Even if you don’t read Charles Dickens, you’ve probably heard of some of his characters – eg Scrooge. But who was his greatest creation? I ponder the question in a recent talk at HULF – The Human Interest Brothers: Dickens and Character lucienneboyce.com/the-human-in... #CharlesDickens #HULF
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- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceThe IHR Women's History seminar programme for autumn 2025: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon! @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceOn the blog: “A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930–2000” by Olivia Mason. An important read on overlooked contributions to Britain’s healthcare system. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2022 #GenderHist womenshistorynetwork.org/a-hidden-his...
- Vera Wentworth and Outstories, sculpted vegetables, and women in the archives in the August/September issue of A Writer’s Journal. lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/a-writers-...
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceVolume IV of the OUP edition of William Godwin’s letters, now at press, includes an extensive description of his 1816 visit to Abbotsford, together with four letters to Sir Walter Scott (d. OTD 1832), all written in 1824, the same year that Edwin Landseer painted this portrait of Scott at home.
- Mudlarking, ankhs and ushabti, visiting suffragette Emily Wilding Davison’s grave,in the latest Writer’s Journal on Substack. lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/a-writers-...
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- In the latest Suffrage Spotlight, I look at the career of Gertrude Baillie-Weaver (author Gertrude Colmore), anti-vivisectionist, suffrage campaigner, and theosophist. lucienneboyce.com/gertrude-bai... #votesforwomen #suffragettes
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceTime to book for this year’s Women’s History Network Annual Conference! Join us to explore diverse histories, connect with fellow researchers, and celebrate women’s contributions across time. womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WomensHistory #WHNConference #GenderHist #Archives #Libraries
- An evening with Jack Reacher (well, Andrew Child); plotting and planning; and being Living History, in my latest Writer’s Journal on Substack. (And a picture of Gromit.) lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/a-writers-...
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceIt’s UK National Marine Week! 🐟 We’re celebrating with rare fish prints from our collections by Hiroshige: the last great master of ukiyo-e woodblock printing, whose work even inspired Van Gogh. In his 'Grand series of fishes', they pair marine life with seasonal plants. Read more: buff.ly/OYoIF6y
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- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceExplore the voices of women who shaped British politics. The Groundbreakers exhibition from the @chuarchives.bsky.social captures the stories of pioneering women MPs in their own words. Find out more: www.chuarchivestories.uk/stories/grou... #WomensHistory #UKParliament #Archives #ChurchillCollege
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceFor #SouthAsianHeritageMonth, discover the remarkable life of Indian activist Pandita Ramabai — a pioneering feminist, educator, and social reformer. 📚 Learn more: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo... Image: WikiCommons #WomensHistory #SAHM2025
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- 'How a terrier called Peg helped women get the vote': in this blog I explore an unusual form of suffragette militancy – refusing to buy a dog licence. lucienneboyce.com/how-a-terrie...
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceWe’re approaching the centenary of this monumental act in 2028. What would a meaningful anniversary look like to you? What should heritage organisations prioritise or showcase? We’d love to hear your thoughts. #EqualFranchise #PublicHistory #GenderHist
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- Reposted by Lucienne Boyce#OTD 4 July, novelist and short story writer Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974) died. Read our article, ‘The Concept of Englishness and Masculinity in the Novels of Georgette Heyer’ by Jay Dixon womenshistorynetwork.org/wp-content/u... #WomensHistory #GenderHist
- Would I have been a suffragette or a suffragist? I ponder the question in ‘Learning History to Learn from History’ on substack lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/learning-h...
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- Is Mrs Mary Humphry Ward a forgotten woman writer or a cancelled writer? In my latest Substack post I explore the impact of her anti-suffragism on her reputation and achievements. lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/mrs-mary-h... #votesforwomen #antisuffrage
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceRegistration is now open for our landmark conference ‘Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent’. We have a wonderful programme of international speakers including the editors of Barbauld’s Collected Works (OUP 2025). 📍 Online and in person at King’s Manor, 27-28 June. More info: tinyurl.com/barbauld25
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- Teddy bears, wooden horses, lions, horses, and the last gnomes in England: in my latest post on Substack I recall my favourite childhood books. lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
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- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceMynydd Parys Mountain Copper Mine on Anglesey 🏴🏴 #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Earth
- Helen Margaret Nightingale was a writer whose suffrage play A Change of Tenant was popular with suffrage societies and toured by the Actresses Franchise League. Read about her life and work lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/helen-marg... #ActressesFranchiseLeague #suffragetheatre
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- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceJoan Eardley was a pioneering Scottish artist who lived unapologetically as a lesbian in socially conservative mid-century Scotland. Her art was celebrated for its raw authenticity and captured the essence of communities. womenshistorynetwork.org/see-her-when... #LesbianVisibilityWeek
- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceFirst, we eat a bagel, then we smash the patriarchy! Celebrating the resilience and activism of queer Jewish women in late 20th century Britain. #LesbianVisibilityWeek #QueerHistory #SmashThePatriarchy womenshistorynetwork.org/first-we-eat...
- The mysterious death of pioneering sociologist Maud Davies, whose survey of English village life led to accusations of “slandering the poor”. Find out more about her life & work in Jane Howells’s blog weswwhnblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-my... #MaudDavies #Sociologists
- Satire in Georgian Bath, Stephen Oram’s book launch, and a loathsome character in fiction – in my latest Writer’s Diary. lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/a-writers-...
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- In my latest Forgotten Women Writers on Substack I look at the life and work of actress, playwright and novelist Cicely Hamilton – not entirely forgotten but perhaps not fully remembered either! lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/cicely-ham... #cicelyhamilton #suffragettes
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- In my latest post on Substack, I look at the career of a largely forgotten writer – Henrietta Leslie (Gladys Schütze), novelist, playwright, suffrage campaigner and pacifist. Find out about her life and work here lucienneboyce.substack.com/p/henrietta-...
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- I’ve just sent out my latest newsletter. New subscribers can choose a free ebook – a Dan Foster novella or a collection of short essays about the suffrage movement. If you can’t make up your mind between them, why not have both?! lucienneboyce.com/newsletter-s...
- Reposted by Lucienne Boyce#OTD 29 March 1797: marriage of William Godwin, author of An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), and Mary Wollstonecraft, author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), at St Pancras Old Church, Somers Town. The rest is history.
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- Reposted by Lucienne BoyceOn World Theatre Day we look back at our blog ‘Witty above her sex’: Restoring Shakespeare’s Women to the Record’. Why not become a member for access to all our publications. #WorldTheatreDay #WomensHistoryMonth womenshistorynetwork.org/witty-above-...
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