Other Non-Fiction Perrin, Alice: The Woman In The Bazaar. v1. 11 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

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Summer-time at Under-edge compensated, in a measure, for the trials and severities of winter— for winter could be grim and cruel in the isolated little Cotswold village approached by roads that were almost perpendicular. Why such a spot should ever have been fixed upon for human habitation seemed difficult to comprehend, save that in old and dangerous days its very inaccessibility may have been its chief attraction; most of the villagers were descendants of gypsies, outlaws, and highwaymen. Now, at the close of the nineteenth century, no one, unless held by custom and tradition, or by lack of means, remained permanently at Under-edge; for communication with the world in the valley below was still conducted by carrier, postal arrangements were awkward and uncertain, water very often scarce, and existence during winter-time a long-drawn period of bleak and hard monotony.

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