As Good as God, as Clever as the Devil: The Impossible Life of Mary Benson by

Rodney Bolt

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-God-Clever-Devil-Impossible/dp/1843548615/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309784433&sr=8-1

As thunder rumbled in the skies above Canterbury Cathedral, and hailstones as big as eggs smashed against its ancient stained-glass windows, a demure old lady murmured a prayer in front of the newly-built monument in honour of her husband.

Three years had passed since the death of Archbishop Edward Benson, but at that memorial service on a stormy summer’s day in 1899 his wife Mary was still dressed in her black widow’s weeds. With her white hair and rotund figure, she bore a remarkable resemblance to Queen Victoria — but anyone with a less conventional private life it would be hard to imagine.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010392/Archbishop-Canterbury-Edward-Bensons-wife-dozens-female-lovers.html#ixzz1R8prlFyz

The Victorian Internet

http://tomstandage.wordpress.com/books/the-victorian-internet/

The unseen picture of Mrs Oscar Wilde

[Constance Wilde with favourite son Cyril]


When Oscar Wilde first visited her in 1881 she was ‘shaking with fright’. Just over two years later Constance Lloyd wrote to her beloved brother: ‘Prepare yourself for an astounding piece of news. I’m engaged to Oscar Wilde and perfectly and insanely happy.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2009960/The-unseen-picture-Mrs-Oscar-Wilde-CONSTANCE-THE-TRAGIC-AND-SCANDALOUS-LIFE-OF-MRS-OSCAR-WILDE-BY-FRANNY-MOYLE.html#ixzz1QptWHBWR

Mastery and Slavery in Victorian Writing by Dr Jonathan Taylor

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastery-Slavery-Victorian-Writing-Jonathan/dp/0333993128

Andrew Roberts - Letters To Vicky

http://www.foliosociety.com/bookcat/9078/LTV/letters-to-vicky

Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer by Rachel Campbell-Johnston: review

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8565681/Mysterious-Wisdom-The-Life-and-Work-of-Samuel-Palmer-by-Rachel-Campbell-Johnston-review.html

The Blackest Streets, by Sarah Wise

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackest-Streets-Life-Death-Victorian/dp/1844133311/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307431503&sr=1-1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/05/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview30

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-blackest-streets-by-sarah-wise-870368.html


I'm really enjoying this book. Much later in time of course but my Mother comes from Bethnal Green and it has the most wonderful Victorian cemetary

The Unreliable Life of Harry the Valet: The Great Victorian Jewel Thief

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unreliable-Life-Harry-Valet-Victorian/dp/1846058139/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1306560597&sr=8-5

A Victorian Clergyman: The Diary of William Michell 1830-1917

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorian-Clergyman-William-Michell-1830-1917/dp/0956726305/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1306559992&sr=8-4

The Poetic Home: Designing the 19th-Century Domestic Interior

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0500514194/ref=s9_simh_co_p14_d8_i5?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=left-4&pf_rd_r=1T0NKPNXW3Y6MPPBKZBX&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_p=466496433&pf_rd_i=typ01