Ashenden A Novel

Name: Ashenden A Novel
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ISBN: 9781451697896

ISBN-10: 1451697899

ISBN-13: 9781451697896

Edition: 2013

Authors: Elizabeth Wilhide

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A beautifully atmospheric debut about 240 years in the life of an English country house, “this book is a sparkling jewel: full of fascinating detail, high drama, and sly wit” (Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire).The house contains time. Its walls hold stories. Births and deaths, comings and goings, people and events passing through… For now, however, it lies suspended in a kind of emptiness, as if it has fallen asleep or someone has put it under a spell. This silence won’t last: can’t last. Something will have to be done.When brother and sister Charlie and Ros discover that they have inherited Ashenden, the beautiful eighteenth-century English country house steeped…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 11/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Elizabeth Wilhide is a prolific writer of books on design and decoration. She also wrote a novel entitled, Ashenden, which outlines the history of a grand English country house through the eyes of its past owners and their decendants. Her design books include: The MacKintosh Style: Design and Decor, Scandinavian Modern Home, The Interior Design Directory, and New Loft Living.