Liza Picard (1927–2022)
Author of Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840--1870
About the Author
Liza Picard was born in 1927. She read law at London School of Economics and was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn, but did not practice. She worked in London for many years in the office of the Solicitor of Inland Revenue until she retired in 1987. She now lives in Oxford.
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- Canonical name
- Picard, Liza
- Legal name
- Picard, Elizabeth Kate
- Birthdate
- 1927-10-11
- Date of death
- 2022-04-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Dedham, Essex, England
- Places of residence
- Aberdeenshire, Scotland (WWII|evacuee)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
London, England, UK
Hackney, London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Education
- London School of Economics (jurisprudence)
Gray's Inn - Occupations
- historian
lawyer - Organizations
- John Lewis (promotional copywriter)
Imperial Chemical Industries (promotional copywriter)
Colonial Office (lawyer|Dar es Salaam)
Inland Revenue (almost two decades) - Agent
- Felicity Bryan
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- Works
- 9
- Members
- 2,636
- Popularity
- #9,746
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 38
- ISBNs
- 40
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
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The only criticisms I have are minor - every so often it feels a bit jarring to read some 18th century bigotry and not have push back from the author, although she does much of the time. As said before it's shallow by necessity but gives a good idea of the broad sweep.
As she's not a historian by trade and she's covering so many different topics which obviously nobody could be an expert in all of I wonder how much of the analysis and stuff is backed up by modern historiography but obviously it's not reasonable to expect 100% accuracy to modern research. Just something to keep in mind I guess… (more)