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Full of tips and personal stories from the most respected nannies in the world, parents will findthis trusted guideto be thenext best thing to Mary Poppins turning up on the doorstepFrom setting up the nursery to teaching manners to organizing a seamless birthday party, thispractical companion tochildcare sharestips and expertise gleanedfrom the more than 100 years' experience ofthe best and most respected nannies in the business.For more thana century, Norland Nannies have cared for royal and celebrity families, but now one does not need to be a Hollywood actress or a...

In 1912, Norland children s nurse Kate Fox was traveling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to the base s commanding officer. Two years later, Kate was escaping from Germany in the first days of the Great War, leaving behind her adored German royal charges and all her personal possessions. Due to their prestige as the creme-de-la-creme of Edwardian children s nurses to Europe s royal and wealthy families, Kate was one among many Norland nannies who witnessed the early days of the War on the Continent with all...

Using case records of prosecutions at the Scottish High Court of Justiciary between 1918 and 1930, this book takes a quantitative and qualitative approach to understand sexual violence in Scotland at this time. Analysing legal records alongside victim and witness testimonies, Louise Heren analyses who committed sexual violence against whom, where and how and, to an extent, looks to uncover the victims’ voice. Assessing how the courts responded, Sex and Violence in 1920s Scotland reveals that, despite pejorative views of working-class female behaviour, the successful conversion of...