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A Home for All Seasons Gavin Plumley

A Home for All Seasons By Gavin Plumley

A Home for All Seasons by Gavin Plumley


€12.49
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Summary

Both a sweeping history and an intimate account of making a home, told through the prism of an English country house.

A Home for All Seasons Summary

A Home for All Seasons by Gavin Plumley

'Charming - a love-letter to home, history, and nature.'
LEAH BROAD, Author of Quartet

'A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.'
HORATIO CLARE

'Truly a revelation on every page.'
PETROC TRELAWNY

'A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.'
COUNTRY LIFE

'A wide-ranging meditation on place and past.'
LITERARY REVIEW

Gavin considered himself an urban being... until he met his husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House in Pembridge, Herefordshire - on love at first sight. But then came the question: 'How old is it?' With its ancient beams, the date they'd been given seemed out by centuries. As Gavin traced Stepps House through various hands and eras, he saw a past emerge that resonates powerfully with our present.

Mixing history and art, memoir and landscape, A Home for All Seasons is grand in its sweep and intimate in its account of rural life.

A Home for All Seasons Reviews

What starts out as a straightforward house history morphs into something else, a wide-ranging meditation on place and past, taking in climate change, rural depopulation, the Reformation
and folklore...A gentle, reflective book. Plumley is at his best when describing the things he loves: his husband, his new home, its history.

* Literary Review *
A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations. * Country Life *
A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world, A Home for all Seasons is a beautiful portrait of time and place, a palpable labour of love. -- Horatio Clare, author of SOMETHING OF HIS ART
Charming - a love-letter to home, history and nature. -- Leah Broad, author of QUARTET

About Gavin Plumley

Gavin Plumley is a cultural historian. He appears frequently on BBC radio, has written for newspapers and magazines worldwide and gives talks at leading museums and galleries. He grew up in Wales, before moving to London, and studied music at Keble College, Oxford. He lives in Herefordshire.

Table of Contents

1: Never a Native 2: The Unanswered Question 3: Between Bark and Heart 4: Picturing Arcadia 5: Safely Gathered In 6: Across Miles 7: The Dead of Winter 8: Bare Ruin'd Choirs 9: Unsprung 10: The Scent of Hawthorn 11: Before the Fall

Additional information

GOR013238727
9781838954802
1838954805
A Home for All Seasons by Gavin Plumley
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Atlantic Books
2023-05-04
336
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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