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  • The History of Underclothes

    by C. Willett Cunnington, PhiIlis Cunnington ...
    Series series Dover Fashion and Costumes
    ". . . thoroughness and most impressive scholarship . . . much entertaining detail and . . . pleasant humour." — The Times Literary Supplement (London)Underwear — practical garments with a utilitarian function or body coverings that serve an erotic purpose? As this fascinating and intelligently written study shows, the role played by underclothing over the last several centuries has been a varied ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Corsets and Codpieces

    A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era

    by Karen Bowman ...
    Have you ever wondered why we wear the type of clothes we do? Packed with outlandish outfits, this exciting history of fashion trends reveals the flamboyant fashions adopted (and discarded) by our ancestors.In the days before cosmetic surgery, people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their figures, painted their faces with poisonous concoctions, and doused themselves with scent to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Season

    The page-turning Regency romance from the author of Kingscastle

    by Sophia Holloway ...
    Series Book 3 - Classic Regency Collection
    The moment that changes everything .Henrietta Gaydon is making her debut in London society for the Season, but her popularity and apparent ease disguises the fact that she is out of her depth and that she dreads the objective of finding a husband. She longs for home, her father and Lord Henfield, who she has always treated as an older brother.Charles Henfield stopped thinking of Henrietta like a ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Jane and the Year Without a Summer

    by Stephanie Barron ...
    Series Book 14 - Being a Jane Austen Mystery
    "If you have a Jane Austen-would-have-been-my-best-friend complex, look no further . . . [Barron] has painstakingly sifted through the famed author's letters and writings, as well as extensive biographical information, to create a finely detailed portrait of Austen's life—with a dash of fictional murder . . . Some of the most enjoyable, well-written fanfic ever created."—O MagazineMay 1816: Jane ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Mistress of My Fate

    by Hallie Rubenhold ...
    Set during a period of revolution and turmoil, Mistress of My Fate is the first book in a trilogy about Henrietta Lightfoot, a young woman who was abandoned as a baby and raised alongside her cousins, noble children of a lord and lady. At just sixteen years old, circumstance and a passionate love affair tear Henrietta away from everything she knows, leading to a new life fending for herself on the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty

    by Mimi Matthews ...
    **"Meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated . . . indispensable to anyone interested in the era." —Tasha Alexander, New York Times–bestselling author of the Lady Emily seriesWhat did a Victorian lady wear for a walk in the park? How did she style her hair for an evening at the theater? And what products might she have used to soothe a sunburn or treat an unsightly blemish? USA Today ... Read more

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  • Jane and the Final Mystery

    by Stephanie Barron ...
    Series Book 15 - Being a Jane Austen Mystery
    The final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuthMarch 1817: As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen’s health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings chilling news of a death at his former school, Winchester College, not even her debilitating ailment can keep Jane from seeking ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Upstairs & Downstairs

    My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid

    by Tim Tate, Hilda Newman ...
    'I THOUGHT I'D GONE TO A PRISON'This was Hilda Newman's first impression when, at the age of 19, she left her parents' little terraced cottage in Lincolnshire and embarked on a new life as a lady's maid at Croome Court, the enormous stately home of Lord and Lady Coventry.The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Tale of Beatrix Potter

    A Biography

    by Margaret Lane ...
    When Beatrix Potter died, few people knew the full story of her life. Margaret Lane's remarkable piece of literary detective work, originally published only three years after Beatrix's death, told her story for the first time. Extensively revised in 1985 to include new material that had come to light, and now available in this eBook format, it remains essential reading for anyone interested in the ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Beatrix Potter's Journal

    by Beatrix Potter ...
    Between the ages of 15 and 30 Beatrix Potter kept a secret diary written in code. When the code was cracked by Leslie Linder more than 20 years after her death, the diary revealed a remarkable picture of upper middle-class life in late Victorian Britain. The original diaries run to over 200,000 words so for this edition Glen Cavaliero has made a careful selection of complete entries and excerpts ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Dictionary of Fashion History

    by C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington, Ms Valerie Cumming ...
    - What is an earthquake gown?- Who wore eelskin masher trousers?- What did the word "dudes" mean in the 16th century?A Dictionary of English Costume by C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard was originally published in 1960. A monumental achievement and encyclopaedic in scope, it was a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from the mid-medieval period up to 1900. It was ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950

    by Sarah Jane Downing ...
    Series Book 633 - Shire Library
    The source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and culture.Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century, and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians.Beauty has ensured good marriages, enabled ... Read more

    $9.99 USD