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Interesting Places in Great Britain: Osborne House

by Christine Trent | Jan 15, 2017 | Interesting Places in Great Britain

In 2013, I visited Osborne House, in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, a short Red Funnel ferry ride from Portsmouth.  I specifically wanted to visit Osborne House to see if I had gotten details correct for it in LADY OF ASHES.  I seem to always be visiting...

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Longleat

by Christine Trent | Jan 1, 2017 | Interesting Places in Great Britain

Longleat is one of the most fascinating places in Wiltshire, England.  Actually, you can’t call it a “place,” as it is really three different things: The House First and foremost, it is the home of Alexander Thynn, the 7th  Marquess of Bath.  A very...

Interesting Places in Great Britain: St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle

by Christine Trent | Dec 15, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain

For those who have read both LADY OF ASHES and STOLEN REMAINS, you know that Windsor Castle is a large royal residence where Prince Albert died on December 14, 1861.  Today it is the preferred weekend home of Elizabeth II, but Queen Victoria thought it gloomy,...

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Old Operating Theatre

by Christine Trent | Nov 1, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain

I have visited this location twice.  It is officially called the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, and you must travel a set of tiny, winding stairs inside St. Thomas Church in London to get to it.  It was once part of old St. Thomas Hospital,...

Interesting Places in Great Britain: The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace

by Christine Trent | Oct 1, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain

Mews:  a group of stables, typically with rooms above, built around a yard or along an alley. Originally referring to the royal stables on the site of the hawk mews at Charing Cross, London, the Royal Mews has been located at Buckingham Palace since 1820. I must...

British Cemetery Monuments

by Christine Trent | Sep 1, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain

Doing research for the LADY OF ASHES series can often involve visiting some rather, er, unusual places. Several years ago, I went to London, with one of my primary goals being to visit Kensal Green Cemetery. As London churchyards began filling—and overflowing—in the...
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