Herbert Norris: 5 books

The Christian church's earliest vestments were hardly distinguishable from the everyday dress of ordinary people in ancient Rome, but in time, ecclesiastical dress acquired its own distinguishing characteristics. This comprehensive reference by noted English costume authority Herbert Norris traces...

The period of Tudor rule in England (1485-1603) marked the appearance of an unprecedented opulence in fashions worn by royalty and members of the nobility, with social rank often reflected in attire. This monumental study by a brilliant and imaginative scholar examines that colorful period in fashion...

Scrupulously researched book by noted authority traces the development of European clothing styles from prehistory to the Norman Conquest in A.D. 1066. Over 160 illustrations, including 17 full-color plates, display draped robes of classical Greece, the jewel-encrusted apparel of a 10th-century Byzantine...

This volume includes 12 Classic Romance Stories by American authors: THE HEART OF RACHAEL BY KATHLEEN NORRIS THE STORY OF JULIA PAGE BY KATHLEEN NORRIS LEWIS RAND BY MARY JOHNSTON SIR MORTIMER BY MARY JOHNSTON THE COURAGE OF THE COMMONPLACE BY MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN...

If I didn't tell this, nobody else ever would; certainly not Diana, nor Major Vandyke – still less Eagle himself – I mean Captain Eagleston March; and they and I are the only ones who know, except a few such people as presidents and secretaries of war and generals, who never tell anything even under...