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TALKING WITH PAST HOURS
The Victorian diary of William Fletcher of Bridgnorth By Jane Killick £9.99 paperback ISBN 978-0-9539561-4-2 160 pages, 15 B/W illustrations This recently discovered diary of a young banker from Bridgnorth covers the years 1857-60, and provides an unusual insight into the life of a Victorian town, and into the heart of a young man of the time. It includes his love-letters, the coming of the Severn Valley railway, and the ups and downs of Victorian health care. An introduction sets the scene, and the conclusion traces the subsequent fate of William Fletcher and his friends and family. |
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JANE AUSTEN FASHION
Fashion and needlework in the works of Jane Austen By Penelope Byrde £9.99 paperback ISBN 978-0-9539561-3-5 128 pages, 36 colour plates Jane Austen loved clothes, and followed fashion with enthusiasm. She was also an expert needlewoman. Her novels use the clothes people wore and their attitudes to dress to convey their characters. Her lively letters, extensively quoted, are full of shopping trips and visits to dressmakers. Penelope Byrde, an expert in the costume of the time, explains all, from corsets to topcoats: how clothes were made and bought, what they cost, and what was worn when and by whom. |
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