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1799: There is a fine line between coincidence and fate…
Pandora
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London, 1799. Dora Blake is an aspiring jewellery artist who lives with her uncle in what used to be her parents’ famed shop of antiquities. When a mysterious Greek vase is delivered, Dora is intrigued by her uncle’s suspicious behaviour and enlists the help of Edward Lawrence, a young antiquarian scholar. Edward sees the ancient vase as key to unlocking his academic future. Dora sees it as a chance to restore the shop to its former glory, and to escape her nefarious uncle.
But what Edward discovers about the vase has Dora questioning everything she has believed about her life, her family, and the world as she knows it. As Dora uncovers the truth she starts to realise that some mysteries are buried, and some doors are locked, for a reason.
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BookTrail it to Georgian London
The Society of Antiquities is still a thriving establishment today and Visions of Antiquity: The Society of Antiquities of London 1707 – 2007 included the authors research
When writing the book binding scenes, she looked at the Guild of Theophilus and their online resources.
With regards to the Pandora’s Box itself, there was a notion that it was not a box at all, The author imagined what it might have been and came up with the idea of a jar or a vase, a pithos – Greek pottery.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Pandora
Destination: London Author/guide: Susan Stokes-Chapman Departure Time: 1799
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