I Am Given a Castle - Couverture rigide

Watson, Michael Saunders

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1899163883 ISBN 13 : 9781899163885

Editeur : Quiller Press, 2008

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An impecunious naval officer is unexpectedly offered a castle, a village, and a 4,000 acre estate. Hooray! It's like winning the pools...or is it? Although the framework of this memoir is Rockingham Castle, and its pivotal influence on its owner's 15 years work with the Historic Houses Association, the story covers a much wider field. The first section on the Navy and the subsequent chapters on chairmanship of the National Curriculum History Working Group and the British Library are illuminating to say the least. This is an intriguing new book about an irresistible challenge. It is an essential reading for anyone concerned with Britain's heritage. The writing is pacey - and always with a sense of humour bubbling to the surface.

Biographie de l'auteur

This briskly well-written book gives a good picture of two now vanished worlds: the Royal Navy in the last years of the British Empire in the 1950s and 1960s, and the English country estate in the difficult time of the 1970s, before the Thatcherite economic revolution changed everything. The naval section of this book is of great interest, as it is a rare personal memoir of those years, after the Second World War but before the end of East of Suez, not otherwise much written about.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quiller Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1899163883
• ISBN 13: 9781899163885
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 279
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible