Mary Ann Hooper was een Engelse auteur en professor in de huishoudkunde, toegewijd aan de kookkunst en keukenorganisatie. Ze deelde haar uitgebreide kennis via talrijke publicaties, gericht op elegante en economische maaltijdvoorbereiding en efficiënt keukenbeheer. Haar werken boden praktische adviezen voor dagelijks koken, evenals voor specifieke dieetbehoeften, waarmee ze zich vestigde als een belangrijke figuur in de huiswetenschappen van haar tijd. Ze wijdde zich aan het kookonderwijs en bood praktische begeleiding aan huisvrouwen.
Like the rest of her family, Tabitha Brown thinks that Great-aunt Mitzi is completely barmy. This impression is confirmed when Mitzi leaves Tabitha a cat-cushion in her will. But soon, Tabitha realizes she has inherited a great power, and she quickly sets about making good use of it.
It's Julia's 13th birthday, but despite all the celebrations, she can't get rid of the strange shivery tingle going down her spine. She has the spooky feeling that someone - or something - is following her.
It is 1665 and Hannah is full of excitement at the prospect of her first trip to London. She is going to help her sister, Sarah, in her candy shop, 'The Sugared Plum'. But Hannah does not get the welcoming reception she expected from her sister, because the Plague is taking hold of London. However, Hannah is determined to stay and together the two young women face the worst-with the possibility of their own demise, growing ever closer. But through it all they persevere with the support of their neighbors and each other. And at last, they find hope in a daring attempt to escape the city.
A very fast-paced and compellingly told story, written in the first person, of a friendship between two teenage girls who are obsessed with the idea of becoming members of the popular group at school and of exactly how far they are prepared to go to achieve this
The hilarious sequel to KATIE: The Revolting Bridesmaid
A delightful collection of Mary Hooper's historical works, featuring the re-publication of "At the Sign of the Sugared Plum" and its exciting sequel "Petals in the Ashes" in a single volume.
Velvet is a laundress in a Victorian steam laundry. With both her mother and father dead, she has to rely upon her own wits to make a living. The laundry is scalding, back-breaking work and Velvet is desperate to create a better life. Then she is noticed by Madame Savoya, a famed medium, who asks Velvet to come work for her. At first she is dazzled by the young yet beautifully dressed and bejewelled Madame. But Velvet soon realizes that Madame Savoya is not all that she says she is, and Velvet's very life may be in danger . . . A romantic and thrilling new novel from an acclaimed historical fiction writer, Velvet is packed with rich details and surprising twists.
Life has been nothing but unfair to Grace Parkes and her sister. Penniless, the two orphans manage to stay alive on the streets of Victorian London. And Grace must bear a greater heartbreak, having become pregnant and then given birth to a stillborn baby. But the infant's death sets Grace on a new path.
Back from the dead. Wronged, hanged, awake, and in darkness, a maidservant in1650 England is gripped by fear, and by memories of the only crime she's evercommitted--trusting the wrong man.
The concluding volume to the two popular novels by Mary Hooper, At the House of the Magician and By Royal Command