The Great British Aunt: A History

by Patricia M Cattley

From the stern to the eccentric, from the stoical to the saucy, aunts have played pivotal roles in both fact and fiction. Drawing on archival evidence of the lives of 'ordinary' aunts and their kin alongside accounts of the aunts of Britain's best loved cultural figures including Winston Churchill and Agatha Christie, THE GREAT BRITISH AUNT explores the evolving roles of aunts from the 19th century to the present day. Who counts as an 'aunt'? Were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540518698
• ISBN13: 9781540518699
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"