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Woodbrook

Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. It has been owned since the seventeenth century by the Anglo-Irish Kirkwoods. In 1932, David Thomson, aged eighteen, went there are a tutor. He stayed for ten years.

This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil. In it he builds up a delicate, lyrical picture of a gentle pre-war society, of Irish history and troubled Anglo-Irish relations, and of a delightful family. Above all, his story reverberates with the enchantment of falling in love and with the desolation of bereavement.

A brilliantly original mix of love-story, memoir and history

Brian Moore

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Details
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099359913
  • Length: 336 pages
  • Dimensions: 196mm x 21mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 237g
  • Price: £10.99