A novel about people, architecture and living history, Ashenden is an evocative and allusive reflection on England and its past. www.doorway.ru Share this:Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Ashenden by Elizabeth Wilhide - A beautifully atmospheric debut about years in the life of an English country house, “this book is a sparkling jewel: ful Ashenden | Book by Elizabeth Wilhide | Official Publisher Page | Simon SchusterReleased on: Novem. Wilhide introduces Ashenden’s architect and his gifted apprentice, who is killed in an accident during construction, and then the various owners: a spendthrift noble; a thrifty haberdasher; a property developer. But the servants are included too, the pregnant .
Elizabeth Wilhide is the author of more than twenty books on interior design, decoration, and architecture and a coauthor and contributor of many more. Born in the United States, she moved to Britain in , where she lives with her husband. Ros, inherit Ashenden Park (based on an actual estate in Berkshire, England) from their recently. Elizabeth Wilhide's inventive novel follows the fortune of the Ashenden house and its various owners and occupants, from its construction in the s to its precarious position in the present day. Learn more about Elizabeth Wilhide. Browse Elizabeth Wilhide's best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. Discover more authors you'll love listening to on Audible.
Wilhide introduces Ashenden’s architect and his gifted apprentice, who is killed in an accident during construction, and then the various owners: a spendthrift noble; a thrifty haberdasher; a property developer. But the servants are included too, the pregnant chambermaids and unfairly dismissed housekeepers. Ashenden by Elizabeth Wilhide ISBN ISBN Trade paperback; Simon Schuster; ISBN Elizabeth Wilhide has taken the chequered history of Basildon Park (Netherfield in the Pride and Prejudice adaptation), building and owners, and turned the soul of a beautiful house into a series of nuanced vignettes, or short stories really. The modern day chapters which frame the story of Ashenden Park are perhaps the weakest, but I loved reading each and every segment, from the tragic tale behind the construction of the house in the late eighteenth century through to the war years.
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