Barsetshire in the latter years of the Second World War is a peaceful and gossipy place, but there h... more

You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but thei... more

Barsetshire in the war years. Miss Bunting, governess of choice to generations of Barsetshire aristo... more

As the war continues it brings its own set of trials to the the village of Northbridge. Eight office... more

published in 1939, Before Lunch is a sparkling comedy from Angela Thirkell s much-loved classic series....... more

It s August in the Barsetshire village of Worsted, and Richard Tebben, just down from Oxford, is con... more

"To his parent’s dismay, Colin Keith-- out of the noble but misplaced duty peculiar to high-minded y... more

helpmeet Miss Morris, and elegantly deterring her love-struck suitors. Angela Thirkell s 1930s comedy is bright, witty and...... more

Pretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of her Aunt Agnes at the magnificent wood... more

Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son Tony set off to spend Christmas ... more

will Mr Foster seek in marriage, and who will win Alice s tender heart? Angela Thirkell s classic 1930s comedy is lively...... more

Originally published in the 1930s and 1940s and never before collected, these stories by the incomparable Angela...... more

. - Angela Thirkell Angela Thirkell, the cousin of Rudyard Kipling and the granddaughter of celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir...... more

The denouement of Philip Winter s ill-begotten engagement to the feather-brained Rose Birkett is ena... more