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The 1834 Fire

New Year, New Book

15 January 2019 By Caroline Shenton

I’m thrilled to announce that I signed a contract for my third book just before Christmas. It will be published by John Murray in June 2021. Here is a taster of what I will be working on over the next 18 months: “This is the gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how a band of […]

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Publication Day!

8 September 2016 By Caroline Shenton

Here it is! Three years in the making…

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Snuff’s Enough

13 January 2015 By Caroline Shenton

Snuff’s Enough

It had to happen.  Yes, more stuff boxes have come to light. Regular readers of this blog will know that I have a growing collection of memorabilia relating to the old Palace, specifically items made from the salvaged wood and metal extracted from the smoking ruins in 1834.  And I’m always on the lookout for […]

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Signed Copies for Christmas 2014

18 November 2014 By Caroline Shenton

Signed Copies for Christmas 2014

A few people have asked me recently if I can post specially-signed copies of The Day Parliament Burned Down to them for Christmas. The answer is: yes! The costs, including first class postage within the UK, and packing, are: £12 paperback £16 hardback Please use the ‘contact’ page on the website, letting me know your […]

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In the Picture

10 November 2014 By Caroline Shenton

Here is a recent blogpost I wrote for the excellent Virtual St Stephen’s Project, a collaborative academic project based at York University which is seeking to reconstruct the history and architecture of one of the most famous and influential buildings of the old Palace of Westminster.  It describes how one of the biggest paintings of […]

Filed Under: Historic Westminster, Old Palace of Westminster, The 1834 Fire

Parliament Buildings of the World: No 8 – Canada

25 October 2014 By Caroline Shenton

Parliament Buildings of the World: No 8 – Canada

Of all the legislatures in the world which follow the Westminster model, the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa seems most familiar to British observers.  It has a House of Commons, members of Parliament and a Gothic-revival Parliament building, a Hansard, an impartial Speaker (unlike the USA, for example) and procedural manuals and processes which parallel those in […]

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Dr Caroline Shenton is an archivist and historian. Her book The Day Parliament Burned Down won the Political Book of the Year Award in 2013. Read More…

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