All in One Basket - Couverture souple

Devonshire, Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, Duchess Of

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1250013801 ISBN 13 : 9781250013804

Editeur : Picador USA, 2012

Synopsis

All in One Basket Originally published in 2011 by John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Praise for Home to Roost:
'Debo's is a voice from a vanished Golden Age ... the Duchess herself embodies these noble and conservative values and she personally is a wonderment and an inspiration'

( Sunday Express)

'Her latest has an introduction from Alan Bennett, so you get two national treasures for the price of one ... she's a wonderful writer' ( Reader's Digest)

'Behind the wit and quips, there is something else stronger and more rigorous ... a small, cumulative but revealing self-portrait ...this is a book about manners, how to behave, and being funny as a form of civilisation' ( Spectator)

'This prolific writer needs no introduction ... this small book is a brilliant selection. I read it with such enjoyment, sometimes laughing aloud, sometimes pausing to think "Goodness! How right she is". It is remarkable not only for its style but also for the grear clarity, sympathy , conciseness and humour ... brilliant' ( Country Life)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Entertaining, instructive, thought-provoking and hilarious, the unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire rings out of this volume which combines her two collections of 'occasional' writings - Home to Roost and Counting My Chickens.

The pieces are broad and eclectic in their subjects, ranging from treasures unearthed while the kitchen was being redecorated, musings about the reason for the reworded town sign, tourism at Chatsworth, a ringside view of both John F. Kennedy's inauguration and funeral, and the value of deportment. No matter what she's writing about she is always affectionate, shrewd and uproariously funny.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Picador USA
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250013801
• ISBN 13: 9781250013804
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 359