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The Brandons

A Virago Modern Classic
  • Author
    • Angela Thirkell
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Lavinia Brandon is quite the loveliest widow in Barsetshire, blessed with beauty and grace, as well as two handsome grown-up children, Delia and Francis. So thinks their cousin Hilary Grant when he comes to stay and - like many before him - promptly falls for his fragrant hostess. Meanwhile, the Brandons' ill-tempered dowager aunt is stirring up controversy over her legacy, and Lavinia's attention is further occupied by the challenges of making a match between the vicar and gifted village helpmeet Miss Morris, and elegantly deterring her love-struck suitors. Angela Thirkell's 1930s comedy is bright, witty and winning.
  • Published: May 01 2014
  • Pages: 384
  • 196 x 128mm
  • ISBN: 9781844089703
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Press Reviews

  • Alexander McCall Smith

    Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
  • bookoxygen.com
    What sings out is the ebullience and charm of her characters, deliciously sparkling dialogue, a romping plot, her wit and gentle satire, and the escapist satisfaction of neatly tied-up happy endings
  • Alexander McCall Smith

    Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself