Dear Charles,
Thank you for the notice about your book. I will certainly keep my eyes out for it.
All the best,
Melanie

Dear Melanie: In the course of my research I’ve come across heaps of information about the London houses in which the people I’m writing about lived. Most are in the Chelsea/Fulham area. Some were lived in (or visited by) well-known figures, notably Giuseppe Mazzini, Algernon Swinburne and James Whistler. Others are more run-of-the-mill, like the successive homes of Madam Venturi (Nee Emilie Ashurst), hostess of a Chelsea salon in her later years. I have not yet offered the book to a publisher, and I can’t see it being published before next year. Watch out for ‘Radical Sisters’. I’ll send you a copy of the near-final draft once I’ve landed a publisher.

Hello,
Thank you for your comment about the Wilson’s omnibus line in north London. That is fabulous to have a few further mentions and links to their omnibus route through Islington. Yes, you’re right about Mrs Wilson, which is believed to be John Wilson’s sister. In the records, he is recorded as ‘omnibus proprietor’ and I also found several references to ‘Mrs Wilson’ but a little more investigation is needed to piece together the full story of the Wilson family and all the details of their business. Thank you again for your comment! Melanie