Pomfret Towers
A Virago Modern Classic
$27.82
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 November 2013
Summary
Pomfret Towers, Barsetshire seat of the earls of Pomfret, was constructed, with great pomp and want of concern for creature comforts, in the once-fashionable style of Sir Gilbert Scott’s St Pancras station. It makes a grand setting for a house party at which gamine Alice Barton and her brother Guy are honoured guests, mixing with the headstrong Rivers family, the tally-ho Wicklows and, most charming of all, Giles Foster, nephew and heir of the present Lord Pomfret. But whose hand will Mr Fost…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844089710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844089711 |
| Author: | Angela Thirkell |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
A perfect balance of satirical observation and chocolate-box charm … Thirkell’s novel is one of the cosiest and funniest reads this winter - The Lady
Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself - Alexander McCall SmithAbout The Author
Angela Thirkell
Angela Thirkell (1890-1961) wrote many works of fiction and non-fiction, including twenty-nine ‘Barsetshire novels’, which won her great popularity and acclaim. The first of these, High Rising, was published in 1933. Her relatives included Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin, and her godfather was JM Barrie. She was twice married and had four children.
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