Basic carriage driving
I was needing to learn some of the finer points of carriage driving when I discovered this video on YouTube. I do …
Beeton’s, Mrs. Book of Household Management:
How often have we encountered Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management when researching the Victorian era? Sophie Dahl wrote and presented this …
factualimagining:
I had found factualimagining once before and forgotten about it, only to find it again while searching for something else. During that …
From Old Books
From Old Books is quite an interesting website with its mix of scans from old books and magazines (Atalanta Magazine from 1888 …
London maps:
If you’re writing your Holmes pastiche, you’ll need a good map of London by your side. I found the link to Mapco …
Review: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
Almost a year after starting it, I’ve finished The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Time of Sir Arthur Conan …
Victoria Research Web:
While stumbling around the internet, I found the Victoria Research Web, which is kind of a howto for Victorian research: “The various …
Victoria&Albert Museum:
Someone once asked me what was at the Victoria & Albert Museum and all I could say was “stuff.” The website says: …
Victorian Dictionary, The:
I needed to know how many mail deliveries a day the Victorians expected and may have found it here (a New York …
Victoriana magazine:
Oh snap! my world just expanded again. I found Victoriana magazine and now I am forever undone. This free online magazine is …
What the Victorians Did For Us:
And if you like your British presenters both informative and silly, look no further than Adam Hart-Davis and What the Victorians Did …