This ad appeared in Oracle and the Daily Advertiser – Thursday 10 November 1803. The Hudson’s Bay Company, established around 1670, had a commercial monopoly over territory in North America (Pacific NW) for fur trade. By the mid 19th century, the company would evolve into a mercantile business selling a variety of products including fur, homeware, and other items in the first steps towards becoming the modern department store chain.
Mystery, magnetism, and marzipan
Scottish singer Emma Bryson travels to London determined to fulfill a deathbed promise to her mother to sing for the Queen. Her debut at a fashionable salon starts brilliantly but ends in disaster when the usually poised Emma tumbles backwards and lands on the champagne-buffed boots of Philip Henry Jamison, the earl of Blackbourne and London's most eligible bachelor.
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