Emmy Harlow is a witch in exile. She hasn't been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years, which has a lot to do with
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The invention of photography in the first half of the 19th century gave people a completely different way of recording what was happening around them & soon professional & amateur photographers were turning their lenses onto every subject imaginable
- monarchs & politicians, soldiers at war, industry & transport, farming & rural life, national celebrations, ordinary people at home & at work, entertainers & actors, fashion, sport, school & much else. Their work has given us a unique view of our nation's heritage. This volume looks at the major events, people & stories of the 1860s through photographs that reveal the essence of those times. Oozing self-confidence, Britain went from strength to strength as it exported its people, goods & games around the world. This was a decade of self-help, as the members of an upwardly mobile society strove to better themselves. But in one respect mid-Victorians were as vulnerable as ever. Despite progress in medical care & hygiene, they were all
- from paupers to royalty
- susceptible to fatal diseases. When Prince Albert died of typhoid fever, Queen Victoria plunged into implacable grief. Relive these times in the dramatic & moving pictures presented in this book.