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12%OFFJane Dismore - The Voice from the Garden - 9781781320259 - V9781781320259
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The Voice from the Garden

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Description for The Voice from the Garden Hardcover. The story of the Cobbold brewing family of Suffolk and the famous merchant banking dynasty, the Hambros. Num Pages: 400 pages, 31 colour and b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 786.
In 1900 few people could have imagined that their world would change so drastically in such a short time. The shell-shocked society that emerged from the Great War was at once less unequal and more demanding, more hopeful and yet less certain, than the old. The Voice from the Garden opens a window onto these two worlds through Pamela and her families. The daughter of a doomed union between trade and title, Pamela was born into the Cobbold brewing family of Suffolk and married into the famous merchant banking dynasty, the Hambros. Wealthy the families may have been, but ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
SilverWood Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781320259
SKU
V9781781320259
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About Jane Dismore
Jane Dismore started writing features for well-known women's magazines while she was teaching English Literature to A-level in secondary schools. A complete change of lifestyle saw her running private yachts in the Mediterranean for four years, which led to her writing travel articles - often undertaken between negotiating protection money with local mafia chiefs and trying to avoid floating mines ... Read more

Reviews for The Voice from the Garden
"A meticulous and captivating reconstruction of the life of Pamela Hambro - of the East Anglian Cobbold family - and the impact of the First World War on her life. At the story's heart lies her enduring love for her husband Charles, of the Hambro banking dynasty." - New Angle Prize for Literature 2013

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