Review by Ruth A Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update [This review first appeared in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine UK] On August 16th 1819, some of the marchers at the renowned political demonstration in St Peter’s Fields, Manchester, were wearing the long straight Empire-line dresses fashionable... Continue Reading →
An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France Over Three Centuries by Emma Rothschild
(Princeton University Press, 2021) Review by Ruth A Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update [This review first appeared in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine UK] Behind the silent records of family history, the past is noisy. Our ancestors were not individuals living in isolation, but members... Continue Reading →
Sister Sleuths: Female Detectives in Britain by Nell Darby
(Pen and Sword 2021) By Ruth A Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update An impressive forensic examination of the hitherto hidden history of female detectives working outside formal police structures, Sister Sleuths looks at all kinds of women investigators, from neighbourhood snoops, through paid sleuths (who worked part-time alongside other... Continue Reading →