Cork Street, Next To The Hatter's is part of Pamela Hansford Johnson's 'Dorothy Merlin Trilogy', along with The Unspeakable Skipton and Night and Silence, Who Is Here?
Victor Hugo's historical novel captures the lives of those living in Medieval Paris during a time where hangings and public humiliation were part of the foundation of society.
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally.
In "e;Tales of Soldiers and Civilians"e; (1892) American journalist and short story writer Ambrose Bierce describes unusual incidents and scenes in the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War.