A full-time writer and cultural historian, Siân Evans is the author of many popular social histories, including Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them; Life Below Stairs in the Victorian and Edwardian Country House; Mrs. Ronnie: The Society Hostess Who Collected Kings; The Manor Reborn (tied in to a major four-part BBC1 TV series); Ghosts: Mysterious Tales from the National Trust; seven National Trust Guidebooks (written between 2008 and 2014) and, most recently, 1936: The Year of Three Kings. Evans regularly writes for outlets including the UK’s Daily Mail, BBC Antiques Roadshow magazine, and the National Trust members’ magazine.