High Rising

Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself – Alexander McCall SmithAppealing * Glasgow Sunday Herald *A smart new edition … A terrific holiday story * The Lady *A delightfully entertaining comedy of manners. Full of period charm and witty authorial comment * Good Book Guide *To be so witty and charming yet also so brilliantly brusque and practical as Laura Morland is my new year’s resolution – Pippa Wright, author of The Foster HusbandCharming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself. – Alexander McCall SmithAppealing. * Glasgow Sunday Herald *A smart new edition … A terrific holiday story. * The Lady *A delightfully entertaining comedy of manners. Full of period charm and witty authorial comment. * Good Book Guide *To be so witty and charming yet also so brilliantly brusque and practical as Laura Morland is my new year’s resolution – Pippa Wright, author of The Foster Husband

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.