Surprisingly, one of the best sources of information on life in Margate in the early 19th century was a little town in Australia. Stewart Viney had attended school and later worked in Margate, living just a few doors away from where the artist Turner was staying with his mistress Mrs Booth, but then joined the Bendigo Gold Rush. Finding only mixed fortune there, he progressed into journalism and produced many fascinating articles about the place where he had grown up and the people who had surrounded him. These have been fortunately rediscovered and edited into a single volume of great interest to local people and social historians alike.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Ozaru Books
ISBN-13
9780955921926
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103454712
Product Key Features
Book Title
Turner's Margate Through Contemporary Eyes: the Viney Letters
Author
Stephen Channing
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Local History
Publication Year
2009
Number of Pages
92 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
142g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Stephen Channing
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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