For much of the twentieth century the names Leslie Walford and Dora Byrne were synonymous with style and glamour. Walford was the flamboyant, go-to interior designer for Sydney society. His mother, Dora Byrne, was a key figure in Sydney and Southern Highlands social circles. Darling Mother, Darling Son is the first major publication to be drawn from an archive of Leslie Walford’s papers held by Sydney Living Museums. Revealing a tight bond between mother and son, the letters are alternately lively, opinionated, bossy and poignant as Dora and Leslie discuss their lives, travels and loves – and their fascinating insights into the design and fashion of their times.
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For much of the twentieth century the names Leslie Walford and Dora Byrne were synonymous with style and glamour. Darling Mother, Darling Son is the first major publication to be drawn from an archive of Leslie Walford's papers. Revealing a tight bond between mother and son, the letters are alternately lively, opinionated, bossy and poignant.
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ISBN
9781742235257
Publisert
2017-05-01
Utgiver
Vendor
NewSouth Publishing
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234 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
456

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Biographical note

Edith M Ziegler is an Australian historian and adjunct lecturer at the University of New England. After a 30-year career in the corporate IT sector, she completed a PhD in history and has since written two books: Harlots, Hussies, and Poor Unfortunate Women: Crime, transportation, and the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783 (2014) and Schools in the Landscape: Localism, cultural tradition, and the development of Alabama's public education system, 1865-1915 (2010).