Frances Osborne: "Park Lane"
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Like “Upstairs, Downstairs” and “Downton Abbey,” a new novel titled “Park Lane” explores social boundaries during the Edwardian age in Britain. Author Frances Osborne knows well the world about which she writes. She was inspired by her great grandmother, heir to an industrial dynasty who became involved in the politics of women's suffrage and workers' rights in the early 20th century. Osborne's novel features two heroines from opposite sides of the class divide. She joins us to discuss the effect of World War I on British society and why stories about that period are so appealing today.
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Frances Osborne
author of "The Bolter."
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Excerpted from "Park Lane" by Frances Osborne. Copyright © 2012 by Frances Osborne. Excerpted by permission of Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Terrence Smith's interview with Frances Osborne was exceptional. "Park Lane" sounds like a great read.
Re Frances Osborne's novel "Park Lane," about life in the Edwardian Age. I'm a little confused by Mrs. Osborne's use of the notion of "violent" behaviour by the Suffragettes versus the "peaceful" protests by the Suffragists. Is going on a hunger strike "violent"? Burning down a house is, yes, although I assume the house was unoccupied and of some significance. And "trying to stop a horse" (and being trampled to death) certainly sounds "violent," but the violence was mostly suffered by the Suffragette. Using an Indian club might be violent, or might qualify as self defense. (What if it was, say, an umbrella?)
Her definitions sound awfully Tory to me.