Blog & News
Alice Wandesford Thornton (1626-1707): Anniversary Special
Thursday 1st February 2024 marks the 317th anniversary of the burial of Alice Thornton, followed - on 13 February – by the 398th anniversary of her birth. To mark these occasions, this month’s post wi...
Read moreHybrid project talk in London
On January 25th, 5:30 pm at London's Institute of Historical Research, Cordelia Beattie (Principal Investigator) and Suzanne Trill (Co-Investigator) will give a paper on 'Alice Thornton's Books: remem...
Read moreTalk for Leith SWI
In our first event of 2024, Suzanne Trill (Co-Investigator) will give a talk 'Alice Thornton's Books: A Seventeenth-Century Handmaid's Tale' to the Leith branch of the Scottish Women's Institute. We l...
Read moreProject postdoc Jo Edge appears on History with H podcast
Just before Christmas, project postdoc Jo Edge was interviewed for the History with H podcast by Heather Rowe. She talked about Alice Wandesford Thornton and the connection we found to Middleham Castl...
Read moreCommunity Conversations and Events
As the year draws to a close, it’s darker and chillier in Edinburgh, and it’s a good time to get together with your community and spread a bit of warmth. The Alice Thornton Books team has spent the la...
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Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill, Joanne Edge, Sharon Howard. 'Blog & News'. Alice Thornton's Books. Accessed .https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/8/