Shona Parker
@shonaparkerhistory.bsky.social
Writer of English social history; 'How the Victorians Lived' published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social. Wants to live in a castle. Adores tea. Runs a website full of English Victorian history articles: www.backinthedayof.co.uk. Sharing my day with you!
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Never mind GenZ & Gen Alpha. Some things are ageless. Join us in celebrating the life and legacy of Charles Dickens, a master storyteller who still captivates audiences today. Discover more about his timeless appeal at wix.to/ZQzjTuV #19thcentury #novelists #history #authors #dickens
The Timeless Appeal of Charles Dickens
Can you ever have too much Dickens? The Portsmouth-born story-teller (1812) still keeps audiences transfixed one-and-a-half centuries after his death in 1870. A prodigious output includes several edit...
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August 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Never mind GenZ & Gen Alpha. Some things are ageless. Join us in celebrating the life and legacy of Charles Dickens, a master storyteller who still captivates audiences today. Discover more about his timeless appeal at wix.to/ZQzjTuV #19thcentury #novelists #history #authors #dickens
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You can find it at www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/... It is hoped to start adding articles again more regularly in the near future. 🗃️ #C19th
VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: Ireland: Bray: Quinsborough Road
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August 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
You can find it at www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/... It is hoped to start adding articles again more regularly in the near future. 🗃️ #C19th
30% off all print books from @penswordbooks throughout the whole of August!! That's me now completely skint... so if you would like a beautiful, hardback copy of my book, buy now for £15.30! Spend £40 and get free delivery plus you get points towards rewards too!
#books #victorian #19thcentury
#books #victorian #19thcentury
August 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
30% off all print books from @penswordbooks throughout the whole of August!! That's me now completely skint... so if you would like a beautiful, hardback copy of my book, buy now for £15.30! Spend £40 and get free delivery plus you get points towards rewards too!
#books #victorian #19thcentury
#books #victorian #19thcentury
Did you know that before the Hollywood film industry took off, it wasn't common for men to drop to one knee when proposing marriage? This pose was often used in art and literature to poke fun at the situation rather than to be taken seriously. #victorianhistory #victorianjewellery #victorianfashion
July 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Did you know that before the Hollywood film industry took off, it wasn't common for men to drop to one knee when proposing marriage? This pose was often used in art and literature to poke fun at the situation rather than to be taken seriously. #victorianhistory #victorianjewellery #victorianfashion
Fan art!! Actually, this was made by my daughter @francescalily007 as a birthday present 💜 🩷 🩵
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#howthevictorianslived #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks
May 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Fan art!! Actually, this was made by my daughter @francescalily007 as a birthday present 💜 🩷 🩵
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#howthevictorianslived #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks
I was sorting through my photos and found this picture from last year at the O2 in London. It just goes to show how history is everywhere ⭐
#O2 #londonhistory #history #musichistory #bands
#O2 #londonhistory #history #musichistory #bands
May 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I was sorting through my photos and found this picture from last year at the O2 in London. It just goes to show how history is everywhere ⭐
#O2 #londonhistory #history #musichistory #bands
#O2 #londonhistory #history #musichistory #bands
As part of my fact finding mission for Chapter 3 of the new book, I headed to the Foundling Hospital museum in West London, built in the 1930s a stone's throw from the site of the original hospital itself which was opened in 1741.
#C19th #History #WhatsHistory🗃️ #19thcentury #nineteenthhcentury
#C19th #History #WhatsHistory🗃️ #19thcentury #nineteenthhcentury
May 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As part of my fact finding mission for Chapter 3 of the new book, I headed to the Foundling Hospital museum in West London, built in the 1930s a stone's throw from the site of the original hospital itself which was opened in 1741.
#C19th #History #WhatsHistory🗃️ #19thcentury #nineteenthhcentury
#C19th #History #WhatsHistory🗃️ #19thcentury #nineteenthhcentury
I went to the Florence Nightingale Museum in London on Saturday and called into St. James Park afterwards for an ice cream. It's actually named for the Leper Hospital of St. James the Less which treated women suffering from leprosy, not the monarch as is often thought ...
#History
#History
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I went to the Florence Nightingale Museum in London on Saturday and called into St. James Park afterwards for an ice cream. It's actually named for the Leper Hospital of St. James the Less which treated women suffering from leprosy, not the monarch as is often thought ...
#History
#History
Love the word #ructions - haven't heard it for years 😂
" If a woman begin to "wear trousers", as the disposition has been described, that is if she begin to take upon herself some of the duties and directions that properly belong to her husband, soon after marriage, there will be ructions without a doubt."
#history #womenshistory #19thC #victorian
May 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Love the word #ructions - haven't heard it for years 😂
" If a woman begin to "wear trousers", as the disposition has been described, that is if she begin to take upon herself some of the duties and directions that properly belong to her husband, soon after marriage, there will be ructions without a doubt."
#history #womenshistory #19thC #victorian
April 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
" If a woman begin to "wear trousers", as the disposition has been described, that is if she begin to take upon herself some of the duties and directions that properly belong to her husband, soon after marriage, there will be ructions without a doubt."
#history #womenshistory #19thC #victorian
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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April 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
April 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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I am researching this lovely lady for my current WIP. Whenever someone says the rich didn't care about the poor in the Victorian era, I start to count the names of the wealthy people who did. Angela Burdett-Coutts, Louisa Twining, Octavia Hill, The Earl of Shaftesbury, Louisa Baring ... #History
#OTD (Apr 21) in the year 1814: birth of Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (d. 1906) #OTDIH #history 🗃️ #c19th
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts. In 1837 she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans. She joined the surnames of her father and grandfather, by royal licence, to become Burdett-Coutts. Edward VII is reported to have described her as "[a]fter my mother, the most remarkable woman in the kingdom".
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April 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I am researching this lovely lady for my current WIP. Whenever someone says the rich didn't care about the poor in the Victorian era, I start to count the names of the wealthy people who did. Angela Burdett-Coutts, Louisa Twining, Octavia Hill, The Earl of Shaftesbury, Louisa Baring ... #History
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Arthur Conan Doyle has one of the most delightfully legible handwriting styles of any 19thC writer. The letter below is to Bram Stoker, congratulating him on the publication of Dracula. Font people! Why has no-one made this into a font yet, like the Jane Austen font? #C19th
April 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Arthur Conan Doyle has one of the most delightfully legible handwriting styles of any 19thC writer. The letter below is to Bram Stoker, congratulating him on the publication of Dracula. Font people! Why has no-one made this into a font yet, like the Jane Austen font? #C19th
A Victorian classic and staple food - Leek and Potato soup 😋 Cooked in my Denby pottery casserole dish bought for £2.50 from a charity shop #VictorianThrift #VictorianFood
My eBook is on sale for only £1.99 for the whole of April: t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
#HistBookChat #19thCentury #History #Victorian
My eBook is on sale for only £1.99 for the whole of April: t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
#HistBookChat #19thCentury #History #Victorian
April 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A Victorian classic and staple food - Leek and Potato soup 😋 Cooked in my Denby pottery casserole dish bought for £2.50 from a charity shop #VictorianThrift #VictorianFood
My eBook is on sale for only £1.99 for the whole of April: t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
#HistBookChat #19thCentury #History #Victorian
My eBook is on sale for only £1.99 for the whole of April: t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
#HistBookChat #19thCentury #History #Victorian
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
April 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
Free delivery from Pen and Sword this weekend! Why not treat yourself to a beautiful history book to read whilst devouring your Easter Eggs? 🤩
(It's an opportunity to grab mine too!)
#Easter #booksbooksbooks #history #victorian #victorianhistory #19thcentury #chocolatehistory
(It's an opportunity to grab mine too!)
#Easter #booksbooksbooks #history #victorian #victorianhistory #19thcentury #chocolatehistory
April 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Free delivery from Pen and Sword this weekend! Why not treat yourself to a beautiful history book to read whilst devouring your Easter Eggs? 🤩
(It's an opportunity to grab mine too!)
#Easter #booksbooksbooks #history #victorian #victorianhistory #19thcentury #chocolatehistory
(It's an opportunity to grab mine too!)
#Easter #booksbooksbooks #history #victorian #victorianhistory #19thcentury #chocolatehistory
"Queen Victoria, or Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, to give her full name, was born 24th May 1819. It was thought she would never be queen as she was only 5th in line to the throne, but due to the King’s fairly early death and a lack of direct descendants available to inherit the throne...
April 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Queen Victoria, or Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, to give her full name, was born 24th May 1819. It was thought she would never be queen as she was only 5th in line to the throne, but due to the King’s fairly early death and a lack of direct descendants available to inherit the throne...
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
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Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
April 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you have been pondering whether you would like my writing, you can now try it out for only £1.99 for the e-book from Pen and Sword t.co/kZ1bBSqQFj
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
Don't just take my word for what a fabulous book this is … pop to the Pen and Sword website to read the 5* reviews!
#19thCentury 🗃️ #HistBookChat
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An illustration of a scientist using a steam machine, with pulley, to extract a tooth from a man drawn on the front of an envelope addressed to a Dr. J. Chapman, 1894.
It's hard to believe this "doodle" is 131 years old! It looks like modern steampunk.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
It's hard to believe this "doodle" is 131 years old! It looks like modern steampunk.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
April 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
An illustration of a scientist using a steam machine, with pulley, to extract a tooth from a man drawn on the front of an envelope addressed to a Dr. J. Chapman, 1894.
It's hard to believe this "doodle" is 131 years old! It looks like modern steampunk.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
It's hard to believe this "doodle" is 131 years old! It looks like modern steampunk.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
I have spent this week frantically typing up notes and sorting out my digital folders for A Guide to Victorian Love, fortified by homemade scones (by me!) and Piccadilly tea in the most beautiful vintage cup and saucer which is my Mother's Day present! 😍🗃️
#19thC #HistBookChat #Skystorians #History
#19thC #HistBookChat #Skystorians #History
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I have spent this week frantically typing up notes and sorting out my digital folders for A Guide to Victorian Love, fortified by homemade scones (by me!) and Piccadilly tea in the most beautiful vintage cup and saucer which is my Mother's Day present! 😍🗃️
#19thC #HistBookChat #Skystorians #History
#19thC #HistBookChat #Skystorians #History
This is an absolute bargain and not to be missed! How The Victorians Lived e-book version is only £1.99 direct from Pen and Sword's website. Grab your copy now 😍https://buff.ly/cF0RDK7
#history #nineteenthcentury #19thcentury #victorian #victorianhistory #victorianfashion
#history #nineteenthcentury #19thcentury #victorian #victorianhistory #victorianfashion
April 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is an absolute bargain and not to be missed! How The Victorians Lived e-book version is only £1.99 direct from Pen and Sword's website. Grab your copy now 😍https://buff.ly/cF0RDK7
#history #nineteenthcentury #19thcentury #victorian #victorianhistory #victorianfashion
#history #nineteenthcentury #19thcentury #victorian #victorianhistory #victorianfashion
Definitely worth a peek! 🗃️👀
The way things were in family homes back in 1858 may surprise you. Here's advice from an old book on the matter: weirdestwebsite.com/historical-h... (#USHistory, #history, #19thCentury, #EarlyAmerican, #antique, #oldWays, #home, #homemaking, #housekeeping, #comfort, #household)
April 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Definitely worth a peek! 🗃️👀
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#skystorians #envhist will appreciate.
The Trial of John Snow
"Yes, your honor, I did indeed remove the handle from the Broad Street Pump."
"Yes, I realize now it is immaterial that cholera is waterborne, not miasmatic."
"Yes, your honor, I plead guilty to directing people to believe one idea over another regarding health outcomes."
"Yes, your honor, I did indeed remove the handle from the Broad Street Pump."
"Yes, I realize now it is immaterial that cholera is waterborne, not miasmatic."
"Yes, your honor, I plead guilty to directing people to believe one idea over another regarding health outcomes."
March 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
#skystorians #envhist will appreciate.