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All Done by Kindness
"There are some embroidered waistcoats . . . They are very old. A museum might be glad of them. . . . There are some pictures too," Mrs. Hovenden brought out with a fresh effort, "oil paintings that were in the rector's family." The kindness of Dr George Sandilands towards an elderly patient, and her insistence on repaying him with the detritus of her attic, sets in motion a comedy of errors that rocks the art world. Dr Sandilands finally accepts a stack of begrimed paintings, to the horror of his eldest daughter, a stern housekeeper. But his younger daughter is prepared to be swept up in the romance of old treasures, and her boss, an amateur art connoisseur, develops a theory about the artw...
My Caravaggio Style
"My finest, ferocious Caravaggio style"--that was his own phrase for his later manner; and that was the style I was aiming at, an interplay of light and shadow that would rivet the attention and, ultimately, draw the eye to darkness. At the beginning of Doris Langley Moore's deliriously entertaining final novel, bookseller and author Quentin Williams has just received the royalties (just over £4) from his two published biographies. In his resulting doldrums he perversely tries to impress a smug American manuscript dealer, hinting that he may have unearthed a copy of Lord Byron's lost memoirs, famously burned by his friends just after his death. Buying time with elaborate tales about the man...
The Late Lord Byron
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A Game of Snakes and Ladders
A novel, first published in 1938 and (revised) in 1955.
The Woman in Fashion
Illustratiions show approximately 108 dresses, chronologically arranged 1800-1927.
Ada, Countess of Lovelace
"The drama of Byron's marriage...culminated in the life and death of his daughter Ada... Her whole life was inexorably thwarted by her obsessive mother, from whom not even her marriage at nineteen to the devoted Lord King, later first Earl of Lovelace, could entirely free her. Ada's scientific gifts manifested themselves early, and some of her happiest experiences came when she was free to work with Charles Babbage, father of the modern computer, who had a high opinion of her talent... Against the background of the social, intellectual and moral attitudes of the early and mid-nineteenth centruy, this revealing account of an extraodrdinary and sinister family relationship and its predestined victim is wholly engrossing"--from jacket flaps.
The Dress Detective
The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book provides readers with the tools to uncover the hidden stories in garments, setting out a carefully developed research methodology specific to dress, and providing easy-to-use checklists that guide the reader through the process. Beautifully illustrated, the book contains seven case studies of fashionable Western garments – ranging from an 1820s coat to a 2004 Kenzo jacket – that articulate the methodological framework for the process, illustrate the use of the checklists, and show how evidence from the garment itself can be used to corroborate theories of dress or fashion. This book outlines a skillset that has, until now, typically been passed on informally. Written in plain language, it will give any budding fashion historian, curator, or researcher the knowledge and confidence to analyze the material in front of them effectively.
