The Book Trunk

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  • Small but Perfect – a Gem of a Book

    At some point, I don’t know where or when, I read a favourable review of JL Carr’s A Month in the Country, and it obviously made an impression on me, because I remembered it when I came across a copy… Continue reading

  • A Mad Mother and a ‘Well Hidden’ Family

    Queen Victoria was on the throne of England when William Peacock married Miranda Mirova. The couple are very young, barely out of childhood, but he is the precociously talented editor of a literary magazine and she is the most famous… Continue reading