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In 1914, when Nicandra is eight, all is well in the grand Irish estate, Deer Forest. Maman is beautiful and adored. Dada, silent and small, mooches contendedly around the stables. Aunt Tossie, of the giant heart and bosom, is widowed but looks splendid in weeds. ...
Durraghglass is a beautiful mansion in Southern Ireland, now crumbling in neglect. The time is the present - a present that churns with the bizarre passions of its owners' past. The Swifts - three sisters of marked eccentricity, defiantly christened April, May and...
One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish - and engaged to...
FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL 'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD Grania and Sylvia Fox live in the...
Jessica and Jane have been living together for six months and are devoted friends - or are they?Jessica loves her friend with the cruelty of total possessiveness; Jane is rich, silly, and drinks rather too many brandy-and-sodas.Watching from the sidelines, their friend...
'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL 'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD To Ballinrath House, where purple bog gives way to slate-coloured mountains, comes Allan to...
FOR FANS OF JANE AUSTEN AND NANCY MITFORD'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL 'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNAL When Oliver visits Pullinstown, he is introduced to wild days of hunting and shooting, and to...
BY THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'Molly Keane . . . is robust about sinful human nature and the intrigues of the heart' V. S. PRITCHET 'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING...
'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL 'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNAL Angel, formidable hostess, social charmer and mother par excellence, confidently awaits the return of her little boy from the trials...
'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNAL In the early 1900s, Easter lives with her Aunt Brenda, her cousins Evelyn and Basil, and their Great-Aunt Dicksie in an imposing country...
FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL Silverue - an enchanting Irish mansion...
'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILLAngel, formidable hostess, social charmer and mother par excellence, confidently awaits the...
'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL 'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD Prudence, at nineteen, is reckless, laughing, wild; the despair of her elderly guardians....
A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' Vogue 'I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War.A real work of craftsmanship' Hilary Mantel I do know...
Le domaine de Sorristown, en Irlande, pourrait être un paradis sur terre : les hommes y sont beaux, les femmes charmantes et vertueuses.Le temps s’écoule en douceur entre les parties de chasse, les conversations piquantes et les cocktails autour de la cheminée. Depuis...
Angel, femme séduisante, égocentrique et généreuse, attend impatiemment le retour de son fils. Elle règne sur la vie de ses enfants. Aucun ne résiste à ses sourires manipulateurs. Elle a un plan pour chacun d'eux. La superbe Slaney réussira le mariage parfait grâce à...
Lady Charlotte règne en despote sur le domaine de Garonlea. Son mari, ses quatre filles et son fils Desmond lui obéissent au doigt et à l'œil. Quand ce dernier décide de prendre pour épouse la merveilleuse Cynthia, belle, drôle, et redoutablement intelligente,Lady...
L’histoire des St. Charles est celle d’une famille anglo-irlandaise, noble mais ruinée, vivant dans un mélange d’élégance et de décrépitude, et qui refuse de prendre en compte les réalités contemporaines. La narratrice, Aroon, est la fille de la maison. Mal aimée par sa...
Finis le champagne, les journées aux courses, les escapades à Monte-Carlo... Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les propriétaires de Ballyroden doivent changer drastiquement leur mode de vie. Le benjamin de la famille, sir Philip, décide de faire du château une...
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