Caroline Shenton

Archivist, historian and writer

Happy New Year to All My Readers!

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During the first week of 2011 I completed work on chapters 7, 8, 9 and 10.  I now have two-thirds of the book finalised, and am just doing final checks before sending this latest chunk off to my prospective agent.

I also have three kind people reading and commenting on chapters 0 to 6, which is really helpful of them.

Finally, I discovered with delight today that my former boss reads this blog, so for all you lurkers out there, please do get in touch – post comments, or even better, add yourself as a follower.  Then I don’t feel like I’m posting into a big black hole…anyone out there?

About Caroline Shenton

Dr Caroline Shenton is an archivist and historian. She was formerly Director of the Parliamentary Archives in London, and before that was a senior archivist at the National Archives. Her book The Day Parliament Burned Down won the Political Book of the Year Award in 2013 and Mary Beard called it 'microhistory at its absolute best' while Dan Jones considered it 'glorious'. Its acclaimed sequel, Mr Barryís War, about the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster, was a Book of the Year in 2016 for The Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine and was described by Lucy Worsley as 'a real jewel, finely wrought and beautiful'. During 2017 Caroline was Political Writer in Residence at Gladstone's Library.