Woodbrook Paperback / softback
by David Thomson
Paperback / softback
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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.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:17/02/1994
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- ISBN:9780099359913
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:17/02/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099359913