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The Camomile Lawn
Mary Wesley
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Description for The Camomile Lawn
Paperback. Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish and determined to marry for money. Polly and Walter, brother and sister, play their cards close to their chests. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FJMS; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish and determined to marry for money. Polly and Walter, brother and sister, play their cards close to their chests. Then there's little Sophie, who nobody loves. Soon the world will be swept into war again and the five cousins will enter a whirligig of sex, infidelity, love and loss, but for now they have one last, gaspingly hot summer at the house by the cliffs with the camomile lawn. A beloved bestseller from an author ahead of her ... Read more
Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish and determined to marry for money. Polly and Walter, brother and sister, play their cards close to their chests. Then there's little Sophie, who nobody loves. Soon the world will be swept into war again and the five cousins will enter a whirligig of sex, infidelity, love and loss, but for now they have one last, gaspingly hot summer at the house by the cliffs with the camomile lawn. A beloved bestseller from an author ahead of her ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784871284
SKU
9781784871284
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About Mary Wesley
Mary Wesley was born near Windsor in 1912. Her education took her to the London School of Economics and during the War she worked in the War Office. She also worked part-time in the antiques trade. Mary Wesley lived in London, France, Italy, Germany and several places in the West Country. She used to comment that her 'chief claim to ... Read more
Reviews for The Camomile Lawn
Provides equal does of sex and repression in war-torn Britain with panache and pace
The Times
A very good book indeed...rich in detail, careful and subtle in observation, mature in judgement
Susan Hill Extraordinarily accomplished and fast-moving
Financial Times
It's hard to overpraise Mary Wesley's novel...so tingling and spry ... Read more
The Times
A very good book indeed...rich in detail, careful and subtle in observation, mature in judgement
Susan Hill Extraordinarily accomplished and fast-moving
Financial Times
It's hard to overpraise Mary Wesley's novel...so tingling and spry ... Read more