The Sutherland Scandals

Elizabeth Sutherland, whose life was rosy as a child in Victorian England while growing up in a famous Newcastle pub, ‘The Barley Mow', by the River Tyne. When her father died suddenly, the Sutherland siblings met their unknown illegitimate brother who claimed the pub, and a scandal ensued. Elizabeth found work designing the banners for the Suffragist Movement, then married a working-class husband whose lack of fortune was frowned upon by her family. But their enduring love survived many challenges. A must-read true love story of life from the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, set in Newcastle and Hull, East Yorkshire.