I thought you might like to know that Amanda Vickery will be giving some lectures in England in relation to her new book, Behind Closed Doors. Here is a link to her web page where she has kindly included my review of her book among much more exualted reviewers!
There will be one next week at The Georgian Group premises at 6 Fiotzroy Square,(which some of you may recognise as being used for some of the location filming of the BBCs production of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South )but sadly, this ,I a now informed , is fully booked.
Snow permitting I will be attending the one Professor Vickery is giving at Fairfax House, York, on the 18th March which is part of the York Literature Festival and at the same time I hope to be able to undertake some research into the Knight family in and around South Yorkshire..
I have had the privilege of hearing Professor Vickery talk before and she is a marvellous speaker so if you can possibly get to the York venue I commend it. And as it is being held at Fairfax House which in itself is a treat, being a fabulously restored Georgian town house, you cannot fail to take every opportunity to enjoy yourselves, as Mrs Bennet might say ;-)
12 comments
February 18, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Cathy Allen
Oh goodness; if only…!
Have a lovely time, Julie, and enjoy your Knight family research also (as if you had to be TOLD!); looking forward to the results of both.
CEA
February 19, 2010 at 10:48 am
jfwakefield
I’m going mob handed so the Knight research – in South Yorkshire- should be fine.
February 19, 2010 at 12:17 am
caitlin
I cannot wait to hear your reports. I will do my part with the weather gods to ensure that nothing gets in the way of your journey!
February 19, 2010 at 10:47 am
jfwakefield
We should be OK ;-) My husband is coming with me he is always keen to help in a very Mr Knightley way ;-)
February 19, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Karen
I am pea green with envy — I’d love to attend that lecture, but it’s a bit far from New York . . . Can’t wait to hear your report, as well as any Knight family secrets you manage to uncover!
February 19, 2010 at 8:48 pm
jfwakefield
Lets hope I uncover some interesting ones! I’d love you to be able to attend that lecture with my husband and me too ;-)What fun we should all have….
February 20, 2010 at 1:45 am
Deb
pea green with envy and gazing at my unsigned copy of her new book…..sigh…..
February 20, 2010 at 1:39 pm
jfwakefield
But I hope that, at least, you are enjoying the book ;-)
February 20, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Deb
Oh yes! My husband is making snide comments about the title–what Does go on behind closed doors, my dear?–but I’m reading it slowly to prolong the pleasure.
February 20, 2010 at 5:01 pm
jfwakefield
LOL-let him laugh:that book is perfection ;-)
February 20, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Julie
I read Vickery’s book, The Gentleman’s Daughter, and it was fascinating. I join Karen in being pea-green with envy. And it’s even farther from Florida than it is from New York! *sigh*
-Julie P.
February 20, 2010 at 1:36 pm
jfwakefield
I can thoroughly recommend her new book too, Julie; Behind Closed Doors is thoroughly splendid. Easier to read than The Gentleman’s Daughter. Professor Vickery’s style is so much more polished and accessible this time.