| Evidence: | 'I collected my thoughts. My ideas about prison came from American films, and I envisaged cells of which one side would be made of iron bars, all giving on to a landing, like a zoo [...] I tried to read the book I had brought with me, a pocket edition of Lytton Strachey's "Elizabeth and Essex". It was not an ideal choice but I had snatched it up as I left my room.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1940 and 31 Dec 1940 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon evening |
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| Place: | city: London specific address: Royal Holloway Women's Prison |
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| Reader: | Diana Mosley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 17 Jun 1910 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Prominent Fascist and society beauty |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | Lytton Strachey |
| Title: | Elizabeth and Essex |
| Genre: | Fiction, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 16875 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jenny Hartley | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 153 | |
| Additional comments: | From Diana Mosley, "A Life of Contrasts" (1977) |
| Citation: | Jenny Hartley, Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War (London, 1999), p. 153, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16875, accessed: 28 September 2023 | |
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