- Title:
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Ashenden
- Written by:
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Elizabeth Wilhide
- Read by:
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Carole Boyd
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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11 hours 23 minutes
- Published:
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September 28 2017
- Available Date:
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September 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489407825
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
''Lively interlinked historical vignettes display distinct post-Downton commercial savvy ... a pleasurably subtle web of connections ...'
The Daily Mail
'An affecting, intelligent debut.'
The Observer
Elizabeth Wilhide's debut novel Ashenden traces the history of an English house across two and a half centuries.
When Charlie and Ros inherit Ashenden from their aunt Reggie a decision must be made. The beautiful 18th-century house, set in acres of English countryside, is in need of serious repair. Do they try to keep it in the family, or will they have to sell?
Moving back in time, in an interwoven narrative spanning two and a half centuries, we witness the house from its beginnings through to the present day. Along the way we meet those who have built the house, lived in it and loved it; those who have worked in it, and those who would subvert it to their own ends, including Mrs Trimble, housekeeper to the rackety, spendthrift Mores; the wealthy Henderson family, in their Victorian heyday; six-year-old Pudge; Walter Beckmann, prisoner in its grounds.
A novel about people, architecture and living history, Ashenden is an evocative and allusive reflection on England and its past.