The Lilac and the Rose

Résumé du livre

The author tells the story of her girlhood up to and including her marriage with John Buchan in 1907. The story is centered on the great Palladian house Moor Park in Herfordshire, her grandfather's mansion, which left her with "an abiding memory of beauty and grace" and is described her kaleidoscopically, as seen throught he eyes of different generations. Portraits of individual members of her family, and subsidiary chapters on dances, servants, reading, a visit to Egypt, and so on, will evoke a host of pleasant memories to those who have lived through the same late Victorian and Edwardian times; and readers will find the whole work animated with those qualities of wit and sparkle which have already earned Susan Tweedsmuir a reputation as a novelist in her own right.--Provided by publisher.