Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Author of Consequences of Sin and The Serpent and the Scorpion

Join Clare's Mailing List! Name: E-mail:		n Oxford graduate, an aspiring journalist, and a devoted suffragette, Ursula Marlow is not your ordinary Belgravian heiress. Despite her father’s insistence that she settle down and marry, Ursula prefers championing her many causes than waiting for true love. But when Ursula’s good friend is accused of murder, her otherwise charmed life takes a frightening turn.


	The Changing Role of Women in Edwardian society In Book 2 of the Ursula Marlow series, The Serpent and The Scorpion, Ursula is on a personal quest to assert her independence and succeed as a businesswoman. During the Edwardian era the notion that women could be intellectual equals of men was dismissed despite the notable achievements of many women. While in London conducting research I came across a quote in Pamela Horn's excellent book High Society- The English Social Elite, 1880-1914 that 'A woman cannot learn to early that her first social duty is never to be in the way'.