The World Of Mr Selfridge

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With love affairs, class issues, glamour, great story-telling & social history, Mr Selfridge is the biggest budget ITV-produced drama of all time.

Beginning in 1909, Mr Selfridge follows a colourful cast of characters whose lives & fortunes are entangled with the founder of the magnificent department store.

An American retail visionary, Harry Selfridge moved to London in 1906 with his family to build & open the most ambitious department store the world had ever seen. The drama is set at a time when women were revelling in a new sense of freedom & modernity. Harry wanted to indulge, empower & celebrate these women & so opened the doors of his opulent department store on Londons famous Oxford Street, changing the way the British shopped forever.

This lavishly illustrated book is the official companion to the series. Written with a foreword by series producer Andrew Davies, the book takes fans on a journey through the world of Harry Gordon Selfridge.

Rich with historical detail it explores the man himself, his relationship with his family as well as the store, its departments & changing fashions in the early twentieth century. Complete with hundreds of high quality photographs it takes a closer look at the cast & their characters before looking ahead to series three which will pick up in 1919, the point at which Harrys life really begins to unravel.

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A must own guide for all fans of the hit ITV series Mr Selfridge.

This hardback book has 253 pages & measures: 24 x 20 x 2cm.