Three Houses, Many Lives by Gillian Tindall (English) Paperback Book

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'A major achievement' Ronald Blythe, author of AkenfieldA Cotswold vicarage.A former girls' boarding school in Surrey.A Jacobean house now buried in inner London.Three Houses, Many Lives tells the stories not only of the houses themselves but of the lives of the many people who lived in them.

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The story of three houses, which represent the changing face of England over four centuries, told through the lives of the people who lived in them.'A major achievement' Ronald Blythe, author of AkenfieldA Cotswold vicarage.A former girls' boarding school in Surrey.A Jacobean house now buried in inner London.Three Houses, Many Lives tells the stories not only of the houses themselves but of the lives of the many people who lived in them. From Eugenia Stanhope who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the autocratic vicar who held the same parish from age 28 to 82, from the just-literate wife of a parish clerk who wrote riddles in his registers, to the cow-keeper who farmed 226 acres in Hornsey till he sold them profitably when the railways came through. Gillian Tindall is a master of miniaturist history, making a particular place, person or situation stand for a much larger picture.

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The story of 3 houses, which represent the changing face of England over 4 centuries, told through the lives of the people who lived in them. From Eugenia Stanhope, who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the just-literate wife of a parish clerk who wrote riddles in his registers, this is a miniature of history.

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'The three houses are treated like characters in a personal story, and her beautiful writing has a philosophical edge to it... It is a major achievement' Ronald Blythe, author of Akenfield A Cotswold vicarage. A former girls' boarding school in Surrey. A Jacobean house now buried in inner London. Three Houses, Many Lives tells the stories not only of the houses themselves but of the lives of the many people who lived in them. From Eugenia Stanhope who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the autocratic vicar who held the same parish from age 28 to 82, from the just-literate wife of a parish clerk who wrote riddles in his registers, to the cow-keeper who farmed 226 acres in Hornsey till he sold them profitably when the railways came through. Gillian Tindall is a master of miniaturist history, making a particular place, person or situation stand for a much larger picture. 'Gillian Tindall is a tapestry maker. She finds patterns in history - woven from close research into people and places - that no one else would have the persistence and insight to pursue. In this unique and often joyful chronicle, she interweaves the stories of three houses which marked crucial stages in her own life' Independent 'A gentle, yet rigorous examination of the story of three historic buildings...each chapter is an engaging meditation on English history. Thanks to Ms Tindall the stories of all three are better understood than at any point in their history, and all have their place in a perfectly crafted book' Country Life 'Tindall is a forensic researcher [and] has an imaginative historical sensibility and her way of revisiting the past - as if approaching it through the back door - has both subtlety and poignancy' Financial Times

Author Biography

Gillian Tindall is a master of miniaturist history, well known for the quality of her writing and the scrupulousness of her research; she makes a handful of people, a few locations or a dramatic event stand for the much larger picture, as her seminal book The Fields Beneath, approached the history of Kentish Town, London. She has also written on London's Southbank (The House by the Thames), on southern English counties (Three Houses, Many Lives), and the Left Bank (Footprints in Paris), amongst other locations, as well as biography and prize-winning novels. Her latest book, The Tunnel through Time, traced the history of the Crossrail route, the forthcoming 'Elizabeth' line. She has lived in the same London house for over fifty years.

Review

With a detective's forensic patience and the narrative ear of a novelist, Tindall unpicks the histories of these houses -- Jane Shilling * Sunday Telegraph *Gillian Tindall is a tapestry maker. She finds patterns in history – woven from close research into people and places – that no one else would have the persistence and insight to pursue. In this unique and often joyful chronicle, she interweaves the stories of three houses which marked crucial stages in her own life * Independent *A gentle, yet rigorous examination of the story of three historic buildings...each chapter is an engaging meditation on English history. Thanks to Ms Tindall the stories of all three are better understood than at any point in their history, and all have their place in a perfectly crafted book * Country Life *Tindall is a forensic researcher [and] has an imaginative historical sensibility and her way of revisiting the past – as if approaching it through the back door – has both subtlety and poignancy. The names of Tindall's inhabitants may sometimes pass in a blur but together they form a roll-call of the predecessors of modern Britain. There are of course thousands of other houses like the three in this touching book...whose stories will never be told -- Michael Prodger * Financial Times *Gillian Tindall is gifted with an archeological imagination. [She] circles around these houses, bringing out their light, colour and preciousness by employing a method that crosses genres. This book is an education in many things -- Frances Spalding * Literary Review *

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The story of three houses, which represent the changing face of England over four centuries, told through the lives of the people who lived in them.

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With a detective's forensic patience and the narrative ear of a novelist, Tindall unpicks the histories of these houses

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The story of three houses, which represent the changing face of England over four centuries, told through the lives of the people who lived in them.

Details ISBN0099547031 Author Gillian Tindall Series Vintage Books Language English Year 2013 ISBN-10 0099547031 ISBN-13 9780099547037 Format Paperback Publication Date 2013-06-06 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Illustrations Illustrations DEWEY 306.0941 UK Release Date 2013-06-06 AU Release Date 2013-06-06 NZ Release Date 2013-06-06 Translator Olga Meerson Birth 1969 Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Pages 336 Publisher Vintage Publishing Imprint Vintage Alternative 9781409041207 Audience General We've got this

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