Miss Savidge Moves Her House : The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime Paperback / softback
by Christine Adams, Michael McMahon
Paperback / softback
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‘ This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman’ s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women’ Daily Telegraph The hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extraordinary story featured not only in the Daily Mail but also Hello magazine – and quickly sold out two printings.
Now it is re-launched in paperback under a new title to highlight its appeal as the tale of an extraordinary, maverick woman and her even more remarkable achievement. May Savidge lived in a half-timbered house in Hertfordshire.
When the council served her with a compulsory purchase notice to make way for a roundabout, May decided she had to move – but so did the house.
So she had the whole thing dismantled and shipped to the North Norfolk coast… and then spent the rest of her life rebuilding it, single-handed.
Her fame spread around the world. Antiques Roadshow broadcast, unprecedentedly, two features about her house. Now her niece, Christine Adams, who inherited May’ s house and completed it – at the cost of her own marriage - tells her aunt’ s life story from the voluminous diaries and letters she left behind. Christine Adams now runs a Bed and Breakfast in May Savidge’ s old house in Norfolk.
Michael McMahon is also the co-author of My Friend the Enemy (978 1 84513 316 0).
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Quarto Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:25/03/2010
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- ISBN:9781845135188
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Quarto Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:25/03/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781845135188