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New Publication: Children of the Manse: Growing up in Victorian Aberdeenshireby Alice Thiele SmithA younger sister of William Robertson Smith, Alice Smith was born in 1858 and in 1883 married a young German, Hans Thiele. Late in life, during the 1930s, she wrote down her memoirs of a Scottish childhood at the manse of Keig in rural Aberdeenshire, intending the account of her early life to be for the benefit of her German grandchildren. The manuscript was rediscovered amongst family papers by Alice’s great granddaughter, Astrid Hess, some five years ago. Now this engaging and highly readable story of a Victorian upbringing within a Scottish Free Church Manse has been faithfully translated from the original German and edited by Astrid, in close collaboration with Dr Gordon Booth. First published in April, 2004 by GKB Enterprises, 4 Bellfield Terrace, Edinburgh, EH15 2BJ under the imprint of the Bellfield Press, Children of the Manse is now in its third reprint and is obtainable from all booksellers (including Amazon) price £7.99, or direct from the publishers using the order form. The charge for single copies (including post and packing) is £9.29. Orders may also be placed by email with payment being made on receipt of the book. Astrid Hess’s William Robertson Smith website: at this website you will find a short biography and a number of projects dedicated to William Robertson Smith (1846–1894) and other members of that remarkably talented Scottish family. |