Linda Stratmann 
Whiteley’s Folly 
The Life and Death of a Salesman

Whiteleys was the Harrods of the 19th century. Its clients included English and overseas royalty and it offered – and delivered – ‘Everything from a pin to an Elephant’. Created by William Whiteley, a draper's assistant from Yorkshire, who come to London with just a few pounds in his pocket, it was a remarkable achievement by a remarkable man.

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LINDA STRATMANN is a former chemist’s dispenser and civil servant who now writes full time. As well as the Frances Doughty mystery series, she is also the author of the Mina Scarletti mysteries, set in Brighton. She lives in London.