With a keen eye for humorous detail and moments of humanity, deftly captures English sisterhood has been, indeed, a powerful force for good.' - New York Journal of Books Take that male chauvinist pigs at 10 Downing Street and in the House of Lords. 'With real affection, the author amplifies the message that Sayers herself broadcast: 'the friendship of which the female sex is said to be incapable.'. The book excavates the social and emotional context of the lives of four indomitable women with painstaking affection it is as valuable as it is enjoyable.'- Times Higher Education Moulton vividly shows us the importance of friendship and marginalization as spurs to ambition. Society came of age at a vital juncture in history, a time of new opportunity Scholarly book is a re-creation of a world in transition. 'What Moulton best accomplishes in this intimate and It's equally successful as a biography and social history.'- Sunday Express 'In The Mutual Admiration Society, historian Mo Moulton, too, affords the group's members the same sober respect that they afforded themselves, painting a rich portrait of the enduring friendship between four of them.'- Financial Times 'In a new group biography of Sayers and the school friends who served as her lifelong support system and creative collaborators.the historian Mo Moulton shows Sayers setting out in Gaudy Night, her most psychologically astute and least conventional novel, to present her own philosophy of women's intrinsic intellectual equality.Moulton's book sheds new light on Sayers's evolution as a writer, showing how some of her best work occurred in collaboration with her friend Muriel St. It is a tribute to that precious but still unsung thing: the loving bond between female friends, based on intellectual exchange and deep affection.'- The Guardian 'What touchingly emerges is the sense that through all the trials of heartbreak, bereavement and loss, it was friendship that persisted. Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-fiction Work

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