| Evidence: | 'Laura's greatest find was a battered old copy of Belzoni's "Travels" propping open somebody's pantry window. When she asked for the loan of it, it was generously given to her, and she had the intense pleasure of exploring the burial chambers of the pyramids with her author.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Juniper Hill county: Oxfordshire |
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| Reader: | Flora Thompson |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 5 Dec 1876 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Daughter of stonemason |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Giovanni Battista Belzoni |
| Title: | Travels |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (private library) |
| Record ID: | 10246 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Flora Thompson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Lark Rise to Candleford | |
| Place of Publication: | England | |
| Date of Publication: | 1945 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 47 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford (England, 1945), p. 47, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10246, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
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