Ten Interesting Random Facts About Life in Seventeenth Century
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How it began.
People often ask me what inspired me to write The Apothecary’s Daughter. How it began. People often ask, ‘Where do your ideas come from?’, as if there is a particular store where you can go to pick up a bargain.…
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Posted in My Writing Life, Q and A, The Apothecary's Daughter
Posted in My Writing Life, Q and A, The Apothecary's Daughter
Domestic Servants in the Seventeenth Century
All but the poorest households employed servants, who usually lived in, sleeping in attics, kitchens and basements. Pay was low but included their keep and often their clothing. Work was hard and hours long. A maid would often have to…
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Posted in Seventeenth Century Life
Posted in Seventeenth Century Life
Always a bookworm, Charlotte discovered her passion for writing after her three children and two step-children had grown up. She lives with her husband in a cottage in the woods on the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire.
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