The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene

'A vivid tale of a woman born for the stage, stardom and scandal' - Holly Kyte, author of Roaring Girls: The Forgotten Feminists of British History 'One of the most irrepressible women I've come across'- Jane Robinson, author of Ladies Can't Climb Ladders 'I rode on the stage in such style, that the men in front forgot I was a girl, and also forgot to laugh.' From humble beginnings with the threat of the workhouse looming, Emily Soldene rose to become a star of the London stage and a formidable