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Kate Caffrey

Auteur de The Mayflower

9 oeuvres 129 utilisateurs 2 critiques

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Kate Caffrey is a historian who also wrote the celebrated Out in the Midday Sun.

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female
Nationalité
UK

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I got this book out of the library after reading a review on Edwardian Promenade. It was really wonderful, both the text and the numerous pictures. It wasn't all that ideal for carting along with me places, since it's about the size of a big magazine or notebook, but I really enjoyed reading it. It gave a very detailed picture of not only the basics of live in Edwardian England from childhood through adulthood, but it also had a lot of specifics. All the usual suspects showed up: Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jennie Jerome, Lady Duff Gordon, Lily Langtry, etc, but also some women whose stories were new to me, like Loelia Ponsonby.

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shojo_a | 1 autre critique | Apr 4, 2013 |
I got this book out of the library after reading a review on Edwardian Promenade. It was really wonderful, both the text and the numerous pictures. It wasn't all that ideal for carting along with me places, since it's about the size of a big magazine or notebook, but I really enjoyed reading it. It gave a very detailed picture of not only the basics of live in Edwardian England from childhood through adulthood, but it also had a lot of specifics. All the usual suspects showed up: Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jennie Jerome, Lady Duff Gordon, Lily Langtry, etc, but also some women whose stories were new to me, like Loelia Ponsonby.

… (plus d'informations)
 
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shojo_a | 1 autre critique | Apr 4, 2013 |

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Œuvres
9
Membres
129
Popularité
#156,299
Évaluation
3.9
Critiques
2
ISBN
16

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