Josephine Ross

To coincide with the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death (and her appearance on English banknotes) in July 2017, this illuminating account of the novelist's life is told with particular reference to the great men and women who inspired and influenced her. The book features portraits of these influential figures, along with her own, which are now in the Collection of...

Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages... British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history. Its first star photographer, Cecil Beaton, was entranced by the House of Windsor, and the admiration was mutual. A younger star photographer, Antony Armstrong Jones, left Vogue to marry...