Tag Archives: Anna Sewell

The Black Beauty in the White House

Posted on February 29, 2024 by jumpyspiders

This is the story of a child from a coastal town in Norfolk, who would go on to influence life around the world and who is just as famous today. Not Horatio Nelson, but rather Anna Sewell, the author of … Continue reading →

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Black Beauty’s Norfolk Heritage

Posted on November 24, 2014 by emilysarah2012

Black Beauty, the classic novel by Norfolk author Anna Sewell, was written at the very end of Sewell’s life and published on this day in 1877. The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) has many letters from her to her brother and … Continue reading →

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