Sue Wilkes

I'm an author specialising in family history, social history, industrial history and literary biography. Real stories; real people; real lives.

Monday, 5 January 2026

Letting Off Steam

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 My latest feature for Jane Austen's Regency World (January/February issue) is on the progress of steam-boats during Austen's lifeti...
Friday, 19 December 2025

Happy Christmas Everyone!

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  Happy Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.  Image: A lady in evening dress - perhaps in mourning. ...
Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Jane Austen 250: Happy Birthday Jane!

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  Willoughby asks Elinor to stay. Today is Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Pop over to my Jane Austen blog so see my highlights of her bi...
Sunday, 9 November 2025

A Visit To Thiepval

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  Thiepval Memorial.  Over ten years ago, we paid a visit to Loos Memorial  so that I could pay my respects to my great-uncles Harry and Her...

'Scarlet Sin'

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 My latest feature for Jane Austen's Regency World magazine  (Nov/Dec issue) is on the ancient craft of dyeing.  In 1814, Jane Austen wr...
Friday, 18 July 2025

8 College Street, Winchester.

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No 8, College Street, Winchester.   A few weeks ago, I was very privileged to see inside No 8, College Street, Winchester, the house where J...
Tuesday, 1 July 2025

'Your Irish' Linen

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My latest feature for Jane Austen's Regency World (July/August issue) is on linen manufacture.  Flax-drawing and flax-breaking.  In a l...
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Sue Wilkes
Cheshire, United Kingdom
I'm the author of several social history books and family history guides. My new book, Young Workers of the Industrial Age, for Pen and Sword, is out now. I'm a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. I write for adults and children. I like toast, crisp clear autumn mornings, and haunting secondhand bookshops. Je suis Européenne.
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