There's something so knee-jerk about it, even if children's writers of the time didn't want to be seen as espousing republicanism, it's an important point in British history and going for the better dressed side so automatically makes me flap my hands.
What was the incident that you remembered? I can't remember any of her other books off-hand, but I felt some pleasure at coming across her name, so they engendered goodwill.
I always get some books at the shop, but it always frustrates me, because I'm sure there are books I'd like to buy that I can't get at. It's a tiny space and the only wy to display the stock better -with less threat of injury to shoppers - would be to display less of it.
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Re: siding with royalists
Date: 2009-08-19 02:04 pm (UTC)What was the incident that you remembered? I can't remember any of her other books off-hand, but I felt some pleasure at coming across her name, so they engendered goodwill.
I always get some books at the shop, but it always frustrates me, because I'm sure there are books I'd like to buy that I can't get at. It's a tiny space and the only wy to display the stock better -with less threat of injury to shoppers - would be to display less of it.