The Heart of Society and a Story of Bristol Harbour

Milsom Street in Bath, built in 1762, was one of the centres of fashionable life in Bath in the 1700s and 1800s. It was where people met to shop. It was where Catherine Moreland, the heroine of “Northanger Abbey”, learned to love a hyacinth. In “The Abolitionist”, Anna Ashwell walks to Milsom Street to look [...]

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Houses in Bath and Houses in Bristol

When Anna Ashwell was in Bath, she often walked up and down Gay Street, which is where Jane Austen stayed when she lived in Bath. {Gay Street Video} Anna, however, stayed in one of the 30 houses of The Royal Crescent. These houses were built between 1767 and 1774 and are one of the greatest [...]

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{Giveaway} The Abolitionist

Okay, lovely bloggie people, this is your chance to win a copy of The Abolitionist! What’s the one thing you’d change in the world if you could change anything? Share your dream for change in a comment with your name and the name of your country – UK, USA, etc. Girls who leave a comment [...]

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The Abolitionist: Holding My Book in My Hands

Yes, it’s really here, The Abolitionist … (Wow!!!) More pictures and ordering information to follow! : )

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Anna is Off to the Printer!

So … on Friday I finally submitted The Abolitionist to the printer! I thought I was never going to complete my list of editing and formatting things that REALLY needed to be done before printing. And then, somehow, on Friday everything came together wonderfully and I was able to upload the cover and the contents [...]

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Bath – Pulteney Bridge

One of the fun things I did in Bath was visit a part of the city, right down at the bottom of the hill and at the back of the abbey, that I’ve never visited before – Pulteney Street and Laura Place – which is where “our cousins the Dalrymples” stay in “Persuasion“. Disclaimer: This [...]

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A Trip (via Video) to Bath!

So, when I went to Bristol and Bath, I took a lot of video of what I was doing and seeing and how it was connected to “The Abolitionist”. This is the first of a series of posts featuring videos that will, hopefully, make you feel (a little bit!) as if you’ve been to Bath [...]

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… and a Happy New Year!

So … I didn’t mean to take a four-week blogging-break. It’s just sort of happened. Life has been good, but busy and crazy … and in the midst of the busyness and craziness I’ve forgotten to post. And now it’s almost Christmas … and almost 2012. Can you believe that … ? Wasn’t it just [...]

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Anna Ashwell at the Pump Room in Bath

Ahh … the Pump Room! This is where, in the world of books and films, Anne Elliot and Lady Russel discuss the merits of Mr Elliot (“Persuasion“); where Catherine Moreland meets Isabelle Thorpe and looks in vain for Henry Tilney (“Northanger Abbey“); where Henry and Marianne Thornton try to set William Wilberforce and Barbara Spooner [...]

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{HOPE 07/52/11 ~ Week 43}

Some words or a picture for every week of the year – all about {HOPE} … ~*~*~*~ Today I made progress with my work on “The Abolitionist” and that gives me hope of finishing and publishing it SOON … “Where is Percy?” asked Anna anxiously. She burst into his study and asked, “May Mrs Annesley [...]

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