This was my second "Amazon First Reads" books and, like the previous one, I didn't get on with it.

Despite the lengthy bibliography at the end, I found these pen portraits of women who, in one way other, had to impersonate men to get on in the world, shallow. Added to that was the writing style which just wasn't for me; this would have suited a blog or short column but not a book. Regrettably, therefore, I've given it one star.