This is a fascinating read - it is a history book vs. a cookbook but nonetheless, a delicious read. It was well-written and not dry like some history books tend to be. Anyone who loves food (not just baking) "trivia" will love reading the historical way baking passed through time in the UK - I adore the "Great British Bake Off" so this was right up my alley!
NetGalley, Janet Pole Cousineau
This is a fascinating read - it is a history book vs. a cookbook but nonetheless, a delicious read. It was well-written and not dry like some history books tend to be. Anyone who loves food (not just baking) "trivia" will love reading the historical way baking passed through time in the UK - I adore the "Great British Bake Off" so this was right up my alley!
NetGalley, Janet Pole Cousineau
This is fascinating. A study of four women with different lives but some things in common, including the repressive treatment of women by society. Obviously well researched, this book bridged the gap between academia and a simply entertaining read. The four case studies are distinct but taken together give a social history of the time.
NetGalley, Louise Gray
This is fascinating. A study of four women with different lives but some things in common, including the repressive treatment of women by society. Obviously well researched, this book bridged the gap between academia and a simply entertaining read. The four case studies are distinct but taken together give a social history of the time.
NetGalley, Louise Gray
Very enjoyable. In the past, I had read about the daughters in Princesses by Flora Fraser and enjoyed it. That gave me some kind of background for this book, but I enjoyed it a lot more. It starts off with a general info of birth order and those things of them in the nursery, then each princesses gets a separate part. It wasn't a lengthy dive into their lives and every minute detail of it, but it was very good at giving me a general basis. Yet again, another book I'd like to own from this publisher!
NetGalley, Caidyn Young
Very enjoyable. In the past, I had read about the daughters in Princesses by Flora Fraser and enjoyed it. That gave me some kind of background for this book, but I enjoyed it a lot more. It starts off with a general info of birth order and those things of them in the nursery, then each princesses gets a separate part. It wasn't a lengthy dive into their lives and every minute detail of it, but it was very good at giving me a general basis. Yet again, another book I'd like to own from this publisher!
NetGalley, Caidyn Young
A great read full of information about the duke of norfolk, I have read many books on the Tudors but found out lots of new information from this book, a great read for history lovers.
NetGalley, Shelly Myers
A great read full of information about the duke of norfolk, I have read many books on the Tudors but found out lots of new information from this book, a great read for history lovers.
NetGalley, Shelly Myers
All in all, it's quite a page turner considering that's a non-fiction work – this is partly down to the subject, but it's also a product of the ingenious way the author tells the tale.
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Lost Cousins
All in all, it's quite a page turner considering that's a non-fiction work – this is partly down to the subject, but it's also a product of the ingenious way the author tells the tale.
Read the full review [link=https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/latejul20news.htm#Fleming]here[/link]
Lost Cousins
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British Music Hall
'The music hall ...had no place for reticence; it was downright, it shouted, it made noise, it enjoyed itself and made the people enjoy themselves as well.' W.J. MACQUEEN POPE Music Hall lies at the root of all modern popular entertainment. With stars such as Marie Lloyd, Harry Lauder and Dan Leno, it reached its glorious, brassy height between 1890… Read more...
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Tracing Your Ancestors through Family Photographs
Jayne Shrimpton's complete guide to dating, analysing and understanding family photographs is essential reading and reference for anyone undertaking genealogical and local history research. Using over 150 old photographs as examples, she shows how such images can give a direct insight into the past and into the lives of the individuals who are portrayed… Read more...
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Tracing Your Welsh Ancestors
Few previous publications have focused on Welsh family history, and none have provided a comprehensive guide to the genealogical information available and where to find it. That is why the publication of Beryl Evans's new Welsh family history handbook is such a significant event in the field. Her detailed, accessible, authoritative guide will be essential… Read more...
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A Guide To War Publications of the First & Second World War
In WW2 information leaflets and posters proliferated. Soldiers were bombarded with Field Regulations, airmen with the latest updates about airborne early warning, bomb sights and radio navigation and sailors with material that helped them identify enemy aircraft and submarines and told them how to operate the new ship board weapons to destroy them.… Read more...
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Beneath the Big Top
Beneath the Big Top is a social history of the circus, from its ancient roots to the rise of the 'modern' tented travelling shows. A performer and founder of a circus group, Steve Ward draws on eye-witness accounts and contemporary interviews to explore the triumphs and disasters of the circus world. He reveals the stories beneath the big top during… Read more...
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The Victorian Guide to Sex
An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Reproducing original advertisements… Read more...
In 1968 a group of young people took over a derelict trouser factory in a rundown part of Leeds and set about producing programmes that were to define the British television world of the late 20th Century. These included the investigative documentary series First Tuesday, Darling Buds of May, Whickers World, Dont Ask Me and Heartbeat. At the same time… Read more...
The Real Beatrix Potter is a fascinating and revealing biography of one of the world's most cherished children's authors. Beatrix Potter's famous little white books have enchanted generations of young readers who adored the characters she created and of course her own distinctive illustrations. Born into a typically repressed Victorian family it was… Read more...
'It is all free fighting here. Even some of the windows do not open, so it is useless to cry for help. Dampness and misery, violence and wrong, have left their handwriting in perfectly legible characters on the walls.' - Manchester Guardian, 1870 Step into the Victorian underworld of Angel Meadow, the vilest and most dangerous slum of the Industrial… Read more...
