Elfrida Swann, a struggling portrait painter known to everyone as Freddie, is about to marry Alex Moncrieff, a successful barrister. Preparations for the great day, arranged with magnificent... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's like traveling to the English countryside and making new friends. Victoria Clayton is a great writer, and her books tend to be more 'intelligent' than those of other writers of the same genre.
Great weekend read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I just finished this book and I found it to be extremely literate Brit chic lit. Good heroine, interesting secondary characters (orphans, witches, drunk doctors, fascists, just to name a few), and great sense of place. Good laugh out loud moments too.
Running Wild
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I came across this novel in a bookshop one day and once I started reading, I could not put the book down.The characters are most amusing,with many layers of their personalites.I recomend this book as a wonderful read and love all of Victoria Clayton's works
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