Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell - ISBN: 9781844089710
Paperback
Grand house party, tangled love, and deliciously witty social comedy.

Pomfret Towers

A Virago Modern Classic

$33.96

  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    26 November 2013

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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
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
What They're Saying

Critics Review

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 Smith

About 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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