A video of the London streets from 1903:
A picture of Portman square!! (mentioned in the novel)
Some nice pictures of what women wore around town
Mourning wear (What Dora would have worn after her parents’ death)
A woman’s place – What was expected of a girl of Dora’s station
The Peerage: Dukes, Viscounts, Earls, etc: What do all the titles mean?
Everything Victorian— from shoes to corsets to windows
Life of a Victorian maidservant
http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781423124054-0
http://www.nicholsschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=790070&bl=/default.aspx
“This novel, part-romance and part-detective story, begs for a sequel.” Read the full text here: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894437-316/grades_5__up_june.html.csp
You can read the review here http://www.booklistonline.com/Secret-Letters-Leah-Scheier/pid=5254467
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