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Shoppng, Seduction and Mr. Selfridge: The True Story that Inspired the ITV Drama by Lindy Woodhead |
An excellently researched and valuable social history based on the first and largest department store built in London's West End, which opened in 1909 in a burst of glorious and hitherto unknown publicity. That Selfridge was American might come as a surprise, and every page has more. The era of Edwardian England, the Great War, the roaring twenties, Selfridges was its glamorous centre. A captivating, ultimately tragic personal story, about the man who revolutionised the way we shop.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 68 Spring 2013 ) |
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