Tag Archives: Dickens

In Fair Verona

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

…is where I was for the last few days. (My concept of a nice weekend away stretches as far as Bury St Edmunds or Norwich, but Him Indoors is made of more imaginative stuff.) This was all arranged quite a … Continue reading →

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Rags to Riches and Rags Again

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

You really couldn’t make up the life story of Margaret Power. Born in 1789 to a small, Catholic, landowning family in County Tipperary, she was the ugly duckling in a handsome family, and barely educated, though a neighbour taught her … Continue reading →

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