by Janet Seaward | Dec 23, 2014 | ancestors, ancestry, christmas, ducks, frozen, hammersmith, hammersmith bridge, holly, light, mistletoe, river Thames, romantic novels, sun, sunrise
An extract taken from “For Every Lie” by J E Seaward At eight o’clock on Christmas morning, a clean skinned, rosy cheeked, shiny haired Mary, recklessly ignoring a fresh covering of ice, ran up the steps from the kitchen door wearing her best dress covered with a...
by Janet Seaward | Dec 5, 2014 | ancestors, ancestry, beautiful boxes, books, cakes, chestnuts, christmas, Christmas shopping, Christmas tree, England, hammersmith, historical novels, King Street, laughter, lifestyle, London, potatoes, poverty, romantic novels, victorian, Victorian London, Victorian style, victorian values
An extract taken from “For Every Lie” by J E Seaward ‘Violet, I have to do some Christmas shopping, why don’t you come? The shop windows are bursting with beautiful things, sparkling silver and china…’ ‘What would I want with all that stuff?’ Violet raised her...