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Places in Literature: Exploring Isabella Banks’s Chester

Name: Places in Literature: Exploring Isabella Banks’s Chester
Start: 2025-07-03T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-03T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Chester Town Hall

3rd July @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free

Manchester-born Isabella Banks is best known for her popular novel, The Manchester Man (1876). However, her first work of fiction, God’s Providence House (1865), was influenced by family links to Chester. This talk will take a literary walk through the city and surrounding area, to explore the places that inspired her.

Details

Date:: 3rd July
Time:: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Category:: Public Talk
Event Tags:: Art and Literature

Speaker

: Michelle Ravenscroft

Venue

: Chester Town Hall
: Northgate Street
Chester, CH1 2HJ + Google Map
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