Walking Tour - The Trollopes of Bloomsbury

I am a qualified Camden, Clerkenwell and Islington and Lambeth Guide.  My walks usually have a social history or literary focus and I have a particular interest in the stories of London's women.A place on my walks can only be guaranteed by pre-booking If you wish to attend without pre-booking please let me know using the 'contact the organiser' facility below (Make sure you include  phone number) and I will confirm arrangements by return. Please only come to the meeting point is you have received confirmation from me.I look forward to meeting you on a walk soon.http://capitalwalksinlondon.com

Sue McCarthy, Footprints of London

Both Anthony Trollope and his mother Fanny were proliflc and successful writers. Discover their real life and fictional links to Bloomsbury.

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The Trollopes of Bloomsbury

Anthony Trollope and his mother Fanny were proliflc and successful writers. Anthony also brought the familar pillar box to our streets. Follow the links between Anthony  life as a civil servant at the Post Office, his fiction and his mother's influence.

Both Anthony Trollope and his mother Fanny were proliflc and successful writers. Anthony also brought the familar pillar box to our streets.Anthony, born in Bloomsbury is best known for the Barchester Chronicles and Paliser novels where Catherdral towns and country houses often overshadow the place of Bloomsbury. But this area which "cannot be called fashionable" and is "not much overlooked by nobility" offers lodgings and temptation to young clerks like Johnny Eade and affordable accomodation for impoverished women like Lady Anna.Join Sue to follow the links between Anthony Trollope's own life as a civil servant at the Post Office, his fiction with its Bloomsbury locations and the influence of Fanny Trollope's writing on her son's work.You can check travel options at the <a href="http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/" title="http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Transport for London Journey Planner</a>.

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