Focuses on shoes and everyday dress accessories from the Middle Ages.

For passionate lovers of shoes, this reference book explores various types and supplies information about platforms, Cinderella's slipper, sandals and the allure of the naked foot, the 50 steps in the making of a shoe, and profiles of shoe designers and makers.

And the first who shall noe the Queen as a husband noes his Wyfe shall be the Queen's Consort and shall rule at her side for a thousand yeares.' The Book of the Dead. 'If that rat bastard Sinclair thinks I'm going to be his wife for a thousand years, he's out of his f***** mind.' From the private papers of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I, Empress of the Undead, Rightful Ruler of the Vampires, ...

Most women would love to live as royalty, but Betsy Taylor has found that being vampire queen has more problems than perks, except for always being awake for Midnight Madness shoe sales. It may be easy to find blood (yuck) in the dark of night, but try finding a strawberry smoothie...

Jenna has a holiday job in a shoe shop and finds that she can sell anybody anything. Unfortunately her personal problems are not so easy to sort out. When the company president, Madeline Gladstone, asks Jenna to drive her across the USA to a vital meeting, Jenna jumps at the chance to get away from her family and hit the road. Together the wise old woman and the sensible young woman teach eather .

Lorna, Helene, Sandra, and Joss are four very different women; all addicted to shoes. When they come upon a advert, inviting shoe lovers to a weekly shoe-swap, each one jumps at the chance to meet fellow addicts, but none of them realise that they will come away with much more than a new pair of kitten heels.

Betsy Taylor, Vampire Queen, has plenty on her plate. For one thing, next week is her birthday - the big 3-1 in human years, and one in undead years. On top of that, she still has wedding plans to finalize. And then there's her decision to stop drinking blood - something she has yet to share with Eric Sinclair, her fiance - who is a vampire king.

'The day I died started out bad and got worse in a hurry.'

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Though she's the vampire queen, Betsy Taylor is much more like a princess. But with a half-sister who's the devil's daughter, an evil stepmother, a fiend living in her basement, assorted spirits and killers running amok, and a wedding to plan with the former bane of her existence, Eric Sinclair, Betsy is not sure she'll survive the holidays.

Pauline, was rescued from a shipwreck as a baby. She longs to be an actress. Petrova, is a Russian orphan. She is happiest when playing with cars and engines. Polly was handed over with a pair of ballet shoes. But one thing they have in common is, that with money running out at home and Uncle Matthew missing, the sisters want to stay together.

English society beauty, Genevieve Shelby King parties to the utmost with the Anglo-American artists and writers of Montparnasse. She has a rich husband, a glamorous apartment and an enormous shoe collection. But there is something hollow at the centre of Genevieve's charmed life.

Tottering her way through the history of women's footwear, the author writes 'Shoes possess magic powers,' and wonders why it is that women love their shoes so much. She also has plenty of advice on choosing the right heel for your physique, how to keep shoes lasting long and how to judge a man by his footwear.

Features the collection of costume and accessories created by Charles Paget Wade, held at Berrington Hall in Herefordshire.

Reveals the changing position of women in the 20th century - the first era in which it has been fashionable for them to walk, freely and comfortably, and in which shoes have been designed for fit and balance. The book shows however, that extravagant fancy has continued to thrive in shoe designs.

* No. 7 in the marvellous Mma Ramotswe series

Published in miniature edition, the perfect gift for all those who want to indulge in this lushly illustrated book on the most favourite of fashion subjects.

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