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 late Victorian and Edwardian, set  in Newcastle and Hull, East Yorkshire.