Lettice & Victoria
$44.50
- Hardcover
180 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2013
Summary
This mischievous roman à clef revolves around the interactions of five main characters. Victoria, barely twenty, finds herself acting as amanuensis to Laurence, an elderly man of letters, now blind, who lives in a ravishing house by the sea in northern Italy. Soon after her arrival, she indulges in a heady night of passion with Edgar, a youthful Englishman. Their subsequent union introduces Edgar’s pretentious mother Lettice, who is jealous and suspicious of her daughter-in-law’s prettiness a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909807228 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1909807222 |
| Author: | Susanna Johnston |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 180 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Susanna Johnston
Susanna Johnston is a former features writer for Tatler. Her books include The Picnic Papers (Hutchinson), Five Rehearsals (Chatto), Collecting: The Passionate Pastime (Viking), Parties: A Literary Companion (Macmillan) and Muriel Pulls It Off, Muriel s Reign and Late Youth: An Anthology Celebrating the Joys of Being Over 50, all published to great acclaim by Arcadia. Susanna is married, with four daughters and ten grandchildren, and lives in Oxfordshire with her architect husband.
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