Penguin Classics Shooting Party (Penguin Modern Classics)

Colegate, Isabel

ISBN 10: 0141188677 / ISBN 13: 9780141188676

Verlag: Penguin Classic, 2007

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'Threads of romance, social comment, country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry' Sunday Telegraph

It is 1913 - a breath away from the Great War - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. An assorted group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are an era's dazzlingly obtuse and brilliantly decorative finale.

A quiet, elegant meditation on class frustration and the transience of human concern, The Shooting Party is also the inspiration behind one of the great landmarks of popular culture - Downtown Abbey.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Isabel Colegate is the acclaimed author of many bestselling books including The Shooting Party, The Orlando Trilogy, The Summer of the Royal Visit and Winter Journey.

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Titel: Penguin Classics Shooting Party (Penguin ...
Verlag: Penguin Classic
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Very Good