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Suggestions for Further Reading

For reasons of space, the following bibliography is by necessity an incomplete record of the sources I consulted when researching The Gown. Not all of the books cited below are still in print, but most should be readily available to anyone with access to a good public library.

Benaim, Laurence, and Florence Müller. Dior: The New Look Revolution

Davies, Jennifer. The Wartime Kitchen and Garden

Evans, Paul, and Peter Doyle. The 1940s Home

Garfield, Simon. Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Post-War Britain

Hartnell, Norman. Silver and Gold

Helm, Sarah. If This Is a Woman: Inside Ravensbrück: Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women

Judt, Tony. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

Kelly, Angela. Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe

Last, Nella. Nella Last’s Peace: The Post-War Diaries of Housewife, 49

Marrus, Michael, and Robert O. Paxton. Vichy France and the Jews

Palmer, Alexandra. Dior

Pick, Michael. Be Dazzled!: Norman Hartnell, Sixty Years of Glamour and Fashion

Pile, Jessica Jane. Fashion Embroidery: Embroidery Techniques and Inspiration for Haute-Couture Clothing

Rhodes, Margaret. The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen’s Cousin

The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery: A Guide to Essential Stitches, Techniques and Projects

Sebba, Anne. Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation

Smith, Sally Bedell. Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Williams, Kate. Young Elizabeth: The Making of the Queen

Links to online sources related to the royal wedding, among them British Pathé newsreel footage, documentaries, audio recordings of BBC radio coverage, and websites associated with the Royal Collection and Hand & Lock, may be found at my website: www.jennifer-robson.com