Sue Wilkes

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

Friday, 27 January 2023

Muslins and Mule-Spinning

Full dress for December 1798. My latest feature for Jane Austen's Regency World (January issue) - on mule-spinning - marks the beginn...

Monday, 19 December 2022

'A Tale of Manchester Life'

84 Plymouth Grove Next April, a new exhibition will open at Mrs Gaskell's House . The exhibition will explore how Gaskell depicted Manc...

Sunday, 12 June 2022

The 'Palace of Puffs'

My latest feature for Discover Your Ancestors magazine ( digital edition, June ) is on the 1862 International Exhibition . The landmark 185...

Friday, 4 March 2022

NFReads Interview

Do pop over to the NFReads website where you can read an interview with me (and lots of other authors!). Obviously I would have loved to ha...

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Robert Burns' Mauchline

Burns House Museum Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns, lived in Mauchline with his long-time sweetheart Jean Armour from the spring...

Sunday, 19 December 2021

December Fashions for 1798

Lady's Monthly Museum , 1798. Paying morning visits was an important part of fashionable life - and it was important that a lady was pr...

Saturday, 14 August 2021

Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1822. Tomorrow marks 250 years since the birth of Sir Walter Scott , novelist and contemporary of Jane Austen. Young '...

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About Me

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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