title: A Year in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything from Jane Austen to the A-list
author:  Camilla Morton 
description: Despite a little help from friends in high fashion places, including a foreword written by Manolo Blahnik, Morton's follow-up to her debut book <I>How to Walk in High Heels</I> is an unsuccessful pastiche of historical facts, shoe styles, recipes and juxtaposing tips like How to be A-list and How to say something meaningful. The book is arranged in calendar form, with each month including cultural tips and information and a Muse of the Month profile of famous women like Jane Austen and Cleopatra. While trying to appeal to both sides of the Atlantic, the London writer misses the mark by trying too hard to be all-inclusive, especially where holidays are concerned. The sheer volume of historical facts&mdash;including when Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, when Disneyland opened in America and when Mata Hari was born&mdash;seem like they were compiled purely to fill in the bits between international dispatches from famous fashionistas like Giorgio Armani and Diane von Furstenberg and are out of place next to a section titled How to moonwalk the Michael Jackson way. B&amp;w illus. <I>(Nov.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Contents
  
  [Cover](cover.html)
  
  About the Book
  
  About the Author
  
  Also by Lizzie Lane
  
  Title Page
  
  Dedication
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  Chapter Ten
  
  Chapter Eleven
  
  Chapter Twelve
  
  Chapter Thirteen
  
  Chapter Fourteen
  
  Chapter Fifteen
  
  Chapter Sixteen
  
  Chapter Seventeen
  
  Chapter Eighteen
  
  Chapter Nineteen
  
  Chapter Twenty
  
  Chapter Twenty-one
  
  Chapter Twenty-two
  
  Chapter Twenty-three
  
  Chapter Twenty-four
  
  Chapter Twenty-five
  
  Chapter Twenty-six
  
  Chapter Twenty-seven
  
  Chapter Twenty-eight
  
  Copyright
  
  About the Book
  
  It’s 1953. Coronation Year.
  
  While Bristol is still recovering from the aftermath of the war, three very
  different women are counting the cost.
  
  Polly longs for an easier, more glamorous life, but with her irrepressible
  young daughter and her charming – if scheming – husband, will things improve?
  
  Charlotte is trying to forget her illicit wartime romance and accept the
  shortcoming