| Evidence: | Books read by William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp (politician, 1872-1938) to his daughters Lettice (1906-73) and Sibell (1907-2005) between June 1915 and December 1916 at Madresfield Court, Worcestershire:
The Tapestry Room (Mrs Molesworth)
The Pigeon Pie (Charlotte M. Yonge)
Lilian’s Golden Hours (Eliza Meteyard)
The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton)
Wandering Willie (from Scott’s Redgauntlet?)
The Talisman (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
St Ives (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Theodora Phranza (J. M. Neale)
The House of Walderne (A. D. Crake)
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Caged Lion (Charlotte M. Yonge)
The Little Duke (Charlotte M. Yonge)
The Jungle Books (Rudyard Kipling)
The Maltese Cat (Rudyard Kipling)
Boscobel (William Harrison Ainsworth)
Puck of Pook’s Hill (Rudyard Kipling)
Rewards and Fairies (Rudyard Kipling)
The Armourer’s Apprentice (Charlotte M. Yonge)
and some poetry.
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1915 and 31 Dec 1916 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Worcestershire specific address: Madresfield Court |
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| Reader: | William Lygon, seventh Earl Beauchamp |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1872 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | politician |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Reader's daughters Lettice (1906-73) and Sibell (1907-2005) |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Hesba Stretton |
| Title: | The Christmas Child |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 27270 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Mulvagh | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Madresfield | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2008 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 250 | |
| Additional comments: | The orginal source is a handwritten record: “The books Daddy has read to us”, reproduced in the source cited here. |
| Citation: | Jane Mulvagh, Madresfield (London, 2008), p. 250, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27270, accessed: 29 November 2023 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)