Sue Wilkes

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

Monday, 28 July 2014

Not Long Now!

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My forthcoming book  A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England  is now  available for pre-order from Amazon UK  (release date 30 ...
Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Jane Austen and Whitchurch

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Jane Austen. Visit my Jane Austen blog for my new post on the pretty town of Whitchurch in Hampshire.

Our Flanders Adventure IV: Loos Memorial

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Harry Dickman, Lancashire Fusiliers. Our next stop on our Flanders journey was Loos Memorial ( Dud Corner ) in France, where the death...
Thursday, 3 July 2014

Our Flanders Adventure III: Silent Witnesses

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A silent memorial: the black marks on this tree stump (left) at the In Flanders Fields Museum (see my previous blog post ) bears witness t...
Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Philip Astley, Father of the Modern Circus

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My latest post on my Jane Austen blog is on Philip Astley and his Amphitheatre, where thrilling equestrian performances were staged in t...
Friday, 20 June 2014

Our Flanders Adventure II

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Ieper Cloth Hall today. Our first stop on our visit to Belgium was an afternoon in Ypres . It's hard to believe that this bustling ...
Monday, 9 June 2014

Writers’ Blog Tour

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I was thrilled to be asked to take part in the Writers’ Blog Tour by my author friend Michelle Higgs – you can visit her blog here. ...
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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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