Virginia Nicholson

In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. Meer

Virginia Nicholson's Among the Bohemians is a portrait of England's artistic community in the first half of the twentieth century, engaged in a grand experiment. Meer

Virginia Nicholson's Singled Out is the touching and beautifully told story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society. Meer

In Millions Like Us Virginia Nicholson tells the story of the women's Second World War, through a host of individual women's experiences.

We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. Meer