Pamela Horn è una storica specializzata in storia sociale vittoriana. Autrice di acclamati libri sulla vita rurale, sulla vita dei domestici e sull'infanzia, possiede una profonda conoscenza di queste epoche. La sua vasta esperienza di docenza informa ulteriormente la sua acuta analisi del tessuto sociale del passato.
The Private Lives of England's Upper Class After the First World War
Forget glossy period dramas, here is the real story of Britain's super-rich from the First World War to the end of the 'roaring' twenties.
Pamela Horn examines the lives of the real Downton Abbey ladies from their childhood and marriage to their role as a Lady Bountiful. It covers their leisure pursuits, sporting activities, country-house weekends and much more
Ten-Minute Readings from the World's Best-Loved Children's Books
An engaging follow-up to the popular 101 Read-Aloud Classics, designed for parents and children to read together. The perfect book for just before bed-time and any other shared quiet time. This illustrated collection presents ten-minute selections from such favorites as Matilda, The Little House in the Big Woods, Crow and Weasel, Harriet the Spy, Freddy the Detective, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Phantom Tollbooth and many more.
Victorian England measured social acceptability in terms of the number of servants employed in a household. This frequently overlooked body of workers actually formed the largest occupational group in the country by the end of the 19th century. In this account, the author draws on contemporary sources, including servants' books and personal reminiscences of servants and employers, to offer a record of recruitment and training; the duties expected of servants; and the range of conditions under which they worked - some of which led to happy retirement, others to prostitution or squalid death. Complemented with photographs, Punch illustrations and other ephemera, the book offers a picture of this vanished social system.
Includes excerpts, able to be read in about ten minutes, from both contemporary and traditional children's favorites.
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