An irresistible novel which combines a crumbling once-grand house, bumbling aristos clinging to the pre-war past, and the magnificent Zena Baxter, one of my all-time favourite heroines. This is Lissa Evans at the pe ...
India Knight
Funny poignant, perfect period detail…it’s as if Barbara Pym and Evelyn Waugh had a secret love-child…Heaven!
Daisy Goodwin
A glorious read. I laughed many times rejoicing in the wit, cleverness and humanity
Elizabeth Buchan
An irresistible novel which combines a crumbling once-grand house, bumbling aristos clinging to the pre-war past, and the magnificent Zena Baxter, one of my all-time favourite heroines. This is Lissa Evans at the pe ...
India Knight
Funny poignant, perfect period detail…it’s as if Barbara Pym and Evelyn Waugh had a secret love-child…Heaven!
Daisy Goodwin
A glorious read. I laughed many times rejoicing in the wit, cleverness and humanity
Elizabeth Buchan
An irresistible novel which combines a crumbling once-grand house, bumbling aristos clinging to the pre-war past, and the magnificent Zena Baxter, one of my all-time favourite heroines. This is Lissa Evans at the pe ...
India Knight
Funny poignant, perfect period detail…it’s as if Barbara Pym and Evelyn Waugh had a secret love-child…Heaven!
Daisy Goodwin
A glorious read. I laughed many times rejoicing in the wit, cleverness and humanity