5/19/2023 0 Comments Falling angels by tracy chevalier![]() And worse, befriend the gravedigger’s son.Īs the girls grow up and the new century finds its feet, as cars replace horses and electricity outshines gas lighting, Britain emerges from the shadows of oppressive Victorian values to a golden Edwardian summer. ![]() To their mutual distaste, the families are inextricably linked when their daughters become friends behind the tombstones. The Waterhouses revere the late Queen and cling to Victorian traditions the Colemans look forward to a more modern society. ![]() One is decorated with a sentimental angel, the other an elaborate urn. ![]() January 1901, the day after Queen Victoria’s death: Two families visit neighboring graves in a fashionable London cemetery. ![]()
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