Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grew up in Yorkshire and Sussex, and studied at Cambridge University. She lived abroad in France and Italy, then worked as a documentary researcher for the BBC. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, her books include the acclaimed social histories Among the Bohemians, Singled Out, Millions Like Us, and Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes. She is married with three grown-up children and lives in Sussex.
7 Ebooks by Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson: Singled Out
In 1919 a generation of young women discovered that there were, quite simply, not enough men to go round, and the statistics confirmed it. After the 1921 Census, the press ran alarming stories of the …
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Virginia Nicholson: Among the Bohemians
”Racy, vivacious, warm-hearted. Offers an illuminating and well-researched portrait of life among the artists, a century ago” TLS Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant, the artistic community in the …
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Virginia Nicholson: Millions Like Us
In 1942 Cora Johnston is grieving over the death of her young husband, torpedoed in the Atlantic; Aileen Morris is intercepting Luftwaffe communications during the siege of Malta – and Clara Milburn, …
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Virginia Nicholson: Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes
In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, Virginia Nicholson tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm.Turn the page …
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Virginia Nicholson: How Was It For You?
‘One of the great social historians of our time. No one else makes history this fun’ Amanda Foreman’How Was It For You? subtly but powerfully subverts complacent male assumptions about a legendary …
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Virginia Nicholson: Singled Out
List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Where have all the young men gone? 2. "A world that doesn’t want me" 3. On the shelf 4. Business girls 5. Caring, sharing 6. A grand feeling 7. The …
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