Orphan Stella was raised on a country estate by an eccentric but lovable grandmother. During a sad childhood, her absent father filled her imagination; but as a young woman, her fantasies evolved into a sexual desire for an older man who would protect, cherish, and love her. As a young, wild society[...]
1340 to 1363 were years remarkable for dramatic developments in fashion and for extravagant spending on costume, foreshadowing the later luxury of Richard II's court. Stella Mary Newton broke new ground with this detailed study, which discusses fourteenth-century costume in detail. She draws on surv[...]