Miss Savidge Moves Her House: The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime - Couverture souple

Adams, Christine; McMahon, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845135180 ISBN 13 : 9781845135188

Editeur : Aurum, 2010

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'This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman's home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women' Daily Telegraph The hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extraordinary story featured not only in the Daily Mail but also Hello magazine - and quickly sold out two printings. Now it is re-launched in paperback under a new title to highlight its appeal as the tale of an extraordinary, maverick woman and her even more remarkable achievement. May Savidge lived in a half-timbered house in Hertfordshire. When the council served her with a compulsory purchase notice to make way for a roundabout, May decided she had to move - but so did the house. So she had the whole thing dismantled and shipped to the North Norfolk coast...and then spent the rest of her life rebuilding it, single-handed. Her fame spread around the world. Antiques Roadshow broadcast, unprecedentedly, two features about her house. Now her niece, Christine Adams, who inherited May's house and completed it - at the cost of her own marriage - tells her aunt's life story from the voluminous diaries and letters she left behind. Christine Adams now runs a Bed and Breakfast in May Savidge's old house in Norfolk. Michael McMahon is also the co-author of My Friend the Enemy (978 1 84513 316 0).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Aurum
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1845135180
• ISBN 13: 9781845135188
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256