Thomas Coram is forever identified with the foundling hospital he established in 1739. This, however, came near the end of his life: previous records seemed few and far between until Gillian Wagner began to look at the scarce but intriguing evidence for his earlier career. As a young man Coram went to Massachusetts, where he stayed for ten years building ships in Boston and Taunton, working to further the spread of Anglicanism. He returned to England disappointed and heavily in debt. Surviving this early setback, he slowly secured for himself a place within English society through his...
Thomas Coram is forever identified with the foundling hospital he established in 1739. This, however, came near the end of his life: previous records ...
In 1847, 17 year-old Miss Ellen Palmer had the world at her feet. A debutante at the start of her first London season, Ellen was beautiful, rich, accomplished, and about to experience the world of dances, opera visits, and dinner parties that were a rite-of-passage for young women of her class.
To record the glittering whirl of activity, Ellen started writing a diary, a daily account that was discovered more than a century later by her descendants. For Ellen, the path to true love did not run smooth - after a scandalous encounter with a duplicitous Swedish count, her marriage prospects...
In 1847, 17 year-old Miss Ellen Palmer had the world at her feet. A debutante at the start of her first London season, Ellen was beautiful, rich, a...
