Jane Ridley

Can virgins have babies?

Bevis Hillier's The Virgin's Baby explores the infamous Russell trial — and a society that believed sperm could be passed through bathwater

A fearless horsewoman: Christabel Russell and her son Geoffrey with the West Kent hounds at Otford for the Christmas meet, 1928. Credit: Getty Images | Shutterstock | iStock | Alamy 
issue 09 November 2013

  • The Virgin’s Baby: The Battle of the Ampthill Succession

    Bevis Hillier

    Hopcyn Press, pp. 282

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