The history of place in the hands of a master in the evocation of time and social change. In this text, the houses - a Cotswold vicarage, a one-time girls' boarding school in Surrey and a Jacobean house now buried in inner London - represent the changing face of England during 4 centuries through the many people who have lived in them.
The history of place in the hands of a master in the evocation of time and social change. In this text, the houses - a Cotswold vicarage, a one-time g...
One summer evening in central France, Gillian Tindall went on an errand into a deserted house. There she discovered a cache of letters in various hands, all written to the same woman. In piecing together the life of this extraordinary person, the author rediscovered a vanished village world and a remarkable period in French history.
One summer evening in central France, Gillian Tindall went on an errand into a deserted house. There she discovered a cache of letters in various hand...
Using a handful of lives and a specific location to exemplify 200 years of history, Gillian Tindall focuses on a few of the oldest streets in Pariss Latin Quarter. Her study shows how Paris has drawn into its magnetic field people who have variously found there education or enlightenment, a refuge or a secret garden.
Using a handful of lives and a specific location to exemplify 200 years of history, Gillian Tindall focuses on a few of the oldest streets in Pariss L...
