Barsetshire in the latter years of the Second World War is a peaceful and gossipy place, but there has been one lively change. A girls' school, evacuated from London, has taken over Harefield Park. Mi
Mr Marling, of Marling Hall, realises he will probably never be able to hold on to his wonderful old estate and pass it down to his children. The Second World War is bringing an end to so many things,
The Brandons cheerfully confront matters of love, money, and an ill-tempered dowager auntLavinia Brandon is quite the loveliest widow in Barsetshire, blessed with beauty and grace, as well as two hand
In this delightful summertime comedy from Angela Thirkell's classic 1930s Barsetshire series, Oxford student Richard Tebben is won over by the dashing Dean familyIt is August in the Barsetshire villag
The third Barsetshire novel is a sparkling 1930s English romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse, or EF Benson Pretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of
An exclusive, never-before-collected selection of sparkling stories by Angela Thirkell that will charm, delight, and entertain Originally published in the 1930s and 1940s and never before collected, t
The first of Angela Thirkell's strikingly satirical English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son Tony set off to spen
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Author Angela Thirkell recalls the three houses in which she grew up. First 'The Grange', where her grandfather, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, set the cultivated tone, Thirke
