The Friends of Alice Wheeldon, first published nearly thirty years ago, is a remarkable account by feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham of the 1917 trial and subsequent imprisonment of Derby-born Alice Wheeldon, and two of her daughters, for their alleged role in plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister, Lloyd George.Alice's involvement in socialism, suffragism and the anti-war movement could not have endeared her to the powers that be, and in times of growing class antagonism and war the government needed a traitor - so they found one in the modest figure of Alice Wheeldon and her family.The controversial trial itself became something of a cause celebre - a show trial, at the height of the First World War, based on fabricated evidence - much of it from a criminally insane fantasist 'Alex Gordon' who was working as an undercover agent for MI5. Intended to discredit anti-war campaigners and bring the peace movement into disrepute, it was a travesty of justice.In this new, revised edition, Sheila Rowbotham has been able to draw on continuing research into the case - and the ongoing campaign to clear Alice Wheeldon's name - to offer a necessary corrective to some of the more triumphalist commemorations of the First World War. And to offer a potent reminder that a miscarriage of justice cannot go unremarked if we are to honour those who fought and continue to fight against the horrors of war.