Showing posts with label Williamsburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Williamsburg. Show all posts

Monday, August 26, 2024

Two's Company - set during the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg

Whe Claire Farrell left New York, heading south in her new convertible, it was ostensibly to visit her grandparents in Williamsburg, but really to pursue a handsome actor, Whit Bowdon, performing in summer theater. Whit is sophisticated and willing to do whatever it takes to advance his career, in contrast to Philip Young, a young architect boarding with the Farrells, who is focused on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg – and enjoys teasing Claire about her lack of interest in history.

Saturday, February 12, 2022

The Light Heart by Elswyth Thane, one of the Williamsburg Novels

Title: The Light Heart
Author: Elswyth Thane
Publication: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, hardcover, 1947
Genre: Historical Fiction
Setting: America, Great Britain, Germany
Description: The fourth Williamsburg novel is about Phoebe Sprague, daughter of Sedgwick from Yankee Stranger and great-great-granddaughter of Julian Day, hero of Dawn’s Early Light. An aspiring writer, she has just turned 21 and is invited to travel to London with her Murray cousins for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. 

Monday, March 17, 2008

Post office offers free cards through 3/31!

It is easy to be annoyed with the post office for its ever-escalating prices, but keeping prices down is difficult when use is also declining. Right now the post office is trying to coax people back to snail mail by offering people the opportunity to send a free card. Try it!

For Elswyth Thane fans, there's also a chance to win a trip to Williamsburg!