Secret treasures inherited through a second-hand bookshop.
Monday, 14 May 2012
"I remember once being told that Anne of Denmark came from a highly cultured family; then I discovered that she was a Catholic"...
Castle-based problems, 1999.
Friday, 11 May 2012
'Wig's choice of book was an encyclopaedia of birds in the British Isles. Seems fitting, somehow...
LOVE this one. Looks like this family all got some fetching new dressing-gowns for Christmas... lucky devils.
A very exciting find inside a teen romance novel- the postcard had no stamp on it, so I put one on and popped it in the post. Hopefully someone will get a pleasant surprise and/or blast from the past. Hopefully Jessica and Poppy are still friends and Jessica still lives in the same place..!
Quite a practical recommendation from someone with such decorative handwriting...
This little gem was found in a book of Romantic poetry.