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29%OFFDavid Thomson - Woodbrook - 9780099359913 - 9780099359913
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Woodbrook

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Description for Woodbrook Paperback. A delicate, lyrical picture of a gentle pre-war society, of Irish history and troubled Anglo-Irish relations, and of a delightful family. This story reverberates with the enchantment of falling in love and with the desolation of bereavement. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248 332pp. 2002 reprint. Keywords: Memoirs, local history

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099359913
SKU
9780099359913
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About David Thomson
David Thomson was born in India in 1914 to Scottish parents, but grew up in Scotland and Derbyshire. After the period described in Woodbrook he developed a career in writing and at the BBC. He died in 1988.

Reviews for Woodbrook
A brilliantly original mix of love-story, memoir and history
Brian Moore It remains with one long after the story is told, a haunting sadness, a memory and a dream
Olivia Manning
Spectator

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