Creating the V&A Allyson Davys In the morning the treasure

In the morning the treasure has disappeared and now Thorfinn's village is at stake

plays host to tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds each spring as they refuel on the abundant eggs of horseshoe crabs

Focusing on past experiences to begin the process of emotional healing

Complete with an appendix containing the original monograph (co-authored with Jerome Karle)

it mourns the ancient

Creating the V&A Allyson Davys In the morning the treasureCreating the V&A tells the definitive story of the formative years of London's world renowned Victoria and Albert Museum and the gathering of its early collections in the decade between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the death of Prince Albert in 1861. The story of the V&A's genesis is often centred on the first director and first curator (Henry Cole and J. C. Robinson), and their competing agendas for design reform and connoisseurship. And yet