Nicola Lisle
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Series
Language
English
Description
Oxfordshire has a proud history as an agricultural county, relying for centuries on the wool trade for its prosperity. It is also famous for the founding of Oxford University in the eleventh century and for the Morris Motors car factory established in Oxford in 1912. The county is richly endowed with churches, museums, stately homes, industrial heritage sites and other places of interest, all offering a fascinating insight into its past and its present.
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Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A "comprehensive and enjoyable" guide to the centuries-long history of dolls' houses and how they illuminate our past ( Books Monthly ). Dolls' houses are tiny slices of social history that give us a fascinating glimpse into domestic life over the last three hundred years. Through text and photos, Nicola Lisle explores the origins and history of dolls' houses and their furnishings, from the earliest known dolls' house in sixteenth-century Bavaria...