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Hardy and Hardy

Newly acquired documents shed light on Dorset’s Thomas Hardy: both of them

Correspondence between the dean of Westminster and the vicar of Fordington about Thomas Hardy’s faith – or lack of it

RECENT purchases at auction throw new light on our understanding of two of Dorset’s most prominent historical figures: writer Thomas Hardy and his earlier namesake, Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. The purchases …

 

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