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Charles Dickens (Illustrated) by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Category: Biography
An illustrated guide to Charles Dickens and his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood, including his time spent as a child labourer, and looks at how he became the greatest celebrity of his age - and how he still remains recognized as one of England's greatest celebrities, even in the twenty-fi ...Show more
Letters of Great Women: Extraordinary correspondence from history's remarkable women by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Category: Humour
A collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history. Letters of Great Women is a collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history. Including 100 letters ...Show more
Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Category: Biography Memoir
The supermodel did not arrive when Twiggy first donned false eyelashes; the concept began more than 100 years previously, with a young artists' model whose face captivated a generation. Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by a young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become on ...Show more
March, Women, March by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Category: History
This fascinating book uses anecdotes and accounts by both famous and hitherto lesser known suffragettes and suffragists to explore how the voice of women came to be heard throughout the land in the pursuit of equal votes for females. Using diary extracts and letters, the main protagonists of the women's ...Show more
March, Women, March by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Category: Biography Memoir
Voices of the Women's Movement explores the women's movement in Britain, from the passing of the Marriage and Divorce Act in 1857 to women attaining the vote in 1928. Published to commemorate the centenary of the death of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, who threw herself under King George V's hor ...Show more
Victorian Christmas: Traditional Recipes, Decorations, Activities, and Carols by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Category: History
Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, a descendant of Charles Dickens, reveals the fascinating tale of Christmas traditions during Queen Victoria's reign. In 1843, while Dickens was inventing the Christmas ghost story, a London civil servant commissioned the first Christmas card and Windsor Castle displayed artific ...Show more
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