{"product_id":"engaging-miss-laura-von-peter-hancock","title":"Engaging Miss Laura","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngaging Miss Laura explores the life and times of a young woman living in mid-Victorian Plymouth. In her letter to the editor of the Western Morning News, published in the inaugural edition of 3 January 1860, she asked if an Engagements column might be included besides the traditional Births, Marriages and Deaths. The charming and persuasive correspondence touched on a number of contemporary issues, and these are explored in greater depth in the book. By interweaving different historical elements - personal, local, national and international ¿ the significance of the period 1859\/60 will be appreciated. The letter was simply signed LAURA. But just who was Laura, and what impact, if any, did she make on her times? The story reveals a lost social world, a physical world that would largely be destroyed by the Plymouth Blitz, and sheds light on the life of the Engaging Miss Laura.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9786204732527\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Life and Times of a Young Lady in Mid-Victorian Britain\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9786204732527","offer_id":39836332228701,"sku":"9786204732527","price":84.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/450649ac-d1c5-42d2-910b-b7d0f5c20ef5.jpg?v=1757913132","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/engaging-miss-laura-von-peter-hancock","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}