The Mutual Admiration Society - by Mo Moulton (Hardcover)

The Mutual Admiration Society is a group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L.

Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights.

This book offers a celebration of feminism and female friendship, shedding light on the enduring power of creative work and the importance of marginalization as spurs to ambition.

With a keen eye for humorous detail and moments of humanity, Mo Moulton captures the lives of four indomitable women and their collective bond, revealing how they inspired and supported each other for decades.

The book is an illuminating work of analysis that engages substantively with and contributes to scholarship on women's history, queer history, and the histories of childhood, friendship, and higher education.

It provides literary-critical thrills to fans and scholars of DLS, offering fresh ways to read the Peter Wimsey mysteries and shedding new light on Sayers's evolution as a writer.

The Mutual Admiration Society is an essential reading for anyone interested in modern British history, with its vivid and moving account of how six women inspired and supported each other for decades.