Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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| Textual Production | Michael Field | Since 1890 Katharine Harris Bradley and Edith Cooper had been preparing to write a collection of poems responding to European art by touring several important galleries (including, besides the National Gallery
in London, the Louvre |
| Textual Production | Ethel Lilian Voynich | ELV
's many sources of inspiration for this novel were gathered over a long period of years. At the age of fifteen she came across a book about Giuseppe Mazzini
which captured her imagination and... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Dorothy Bussy | In this text the titular heroine narrates her experiences at the French boarding school Les Avons. Here, Olivia forms friendships with several other schoolgirls, but is most fascinated by her headmistress, Mlle Julie, who runs... |
| Travel | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | The second defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo on 18 June and second restoration of the French monarchy on 8 July left the way clear for resumption of the tourist trade. EBB
was thrilled with the... |
| Travel | Ethel Lilian Voynich | From autumn of 1885, Ethel Lilian Boole briefly spent time in Paris after leaving Berlin. Cook, Andrew. Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly. Tempus Publishing Limited, 2004. 269 |
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1853: Baron Haussmann was appointed Prefect of...
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1853
Baron Haussmann
was appointed Prefect of the Seine to rebuild the city of Paris.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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