http://www.jennadawlish.com Author of Vic-Lit Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:08:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On 19th July, it's 40 years since the SS Great Britain was returned to Bristol docks. The ship, built by Brunel, was one of the greatest feats of engineering in the mid-Victorian period. Not only was it the biggest ship ever made, it was steam powered not with paddles, but ... http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=232 Welcome to the second annual “Summer Treasure Hunt: Dig for Clues and Win” Contest! Last year, some author friends and I put together a month long contest where we gave away a prize a day for the entire month of June. The contest was so successful that my friends and ... http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=223 Yesterday I was lucky enough to visit the "Victorian and Albert, Art and  Love" at the Queens gallery in Buckingham Palace. The exhibition, which  is all about Victoria and Alberts gifts to one another and their enthusiasm  for art, was completely amazing and bowled me over. Of course, for someone ... http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=215 For those of us who love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, we cannot but help feel sorry for poor Mrs Bennett when she moans she only has daughters and no son to inherit her husbands estate. So, she has to put up with Mr Collins turning her out of her ... http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=213 I blinked and I missed it. Brunel's tunnel under the Thames was open for a couple of days and I only just found out - after the event. What's so good about a tunnel? Well, not much except this one was built by Marc Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ... http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=211 On Tuesday 2nd March, I attended a lecture lunch at the National Trust Property Killerton in Devon. Killerton houses a wonderful costume collection and they have swapped the   entire collection this year to display a collection of elegant dresses over the   last 200 years: 1770's to 1970's. There is such ... http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=208 Wynfield's Kingdom is a brilliant novel which will draw you into the Victorian London underworld. The story centres around Dr Grant, a disgraced surgeon who takes up residence in Bermondsey, Wynfield a young man adopted by Dr Grant and Wynfield's girlfriend Diana. I don't like giving plot details away, so ... http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=205 My Eclectic Reads has reviewed Love Engineered. Here is the link: http://myeclecticreads.blogspot.com/2010/02/thoughts-on-love-engineered-by-jenna.html I'm really pleased she liked it! http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=203 I'm very excited, as Love Engineered is now available on the Kindle. Click here to buy! http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=201 There is a new interview with me over on Joyce DiPastena's blog here: http://jdp-news.blogspot.com/2010/02/jenna-dawlish-author-interview-and.html Thanks to Joyce for having me, and posing such great questions! I'm also giving a copy of Love Engineered away, so get on over there and enter! Jenna x http://www.jennadawlish.com/?p=189