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In 1856, Martha Brown was publicly hanged for the brutal murder of her husband. Among those who witnessed her death was a sixteen-year-old local lad and the memory of her execution haunted Thomas Hardy for the rest of his life. Based on a true story, this is a captivating tale of love and violent death in 1850s Dorset.
This collection of essays interrogates library practices relating to archives and special collections.
J.G. Brown was one of the most popular artists of late nineteenth-century America, famous for his paintings of New York City's poor bootblacks and newsboys.
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Symbolising some of the author's most provocative writing, this novel captures the essence of Black life, and recognises the beauty and strength that lies within each of us.
For fans of Mary Beth Keane and Jennifer Egan, this powerful, moving multigenerational saga from National Book Award finalist Martha McPhee—ten years in the making—explores one family’s story against the sweep of 20th century American history. Drawn from the author’s own family history, An Elegant Woman is a story of discovery and reinvention, following four generations of women in one American family. As Isadora, a novelist, and two of her sisters sift through the artifacts of their forebears’ lives, trying to decide what to salvage and what to toss, the narrative shifts to a winter day in 1910 at a train station in Ohio. Two girls wait in the winter cold with their mother—the m...
A startlingly original work establishing the impact of domestic servants on the life and writings of Emily Dickinson