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Second World War

The Crown Jewels in Wartime

2 June 2022 By Caroline Shenton

Oil painting of the coronation of George the Sixth

It’s an amazing 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne. Over the next four days in the UK we’re celebrating the Platinum Jubilee, so now seems a good time to take a shameless topical look at one of the many stories I researched in my latest book National Treasures. Saving the Nation’s […]

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Safe As Houses – An Article for Historic Houses Magazine

1 September 2021 By Caroline Shenton

Here’s an article I’ve written for the Historic Houses Association autumn 2021 magazine, on the uses their members’ homes were put to in storing London’s collections during the Second World War, including wonderful Boughton House, Belvoir Castle and Haddon Hall.  Read the article now…

Filed Under: Publicising the Book, Publishing the Book, Second World War, Writing and Researching

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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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