Coronation Summer, Angela Thirkell
Coronation Summer, Angela Thirkell
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Coronation Summer

Author: Angela Thirkell

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

In the coronation summer of 1838, seventeen-year-old Fanny Harcourt goes to London to stay with her close friend Emily Dacre for the festivities. The young Victoria, scarcely older than Fanny herself, is to assume the throne of England. Enjoying the pomp and pageantry and the swelling crowds of commoners and snobs, Fanny soon catches the eye of a handsome novelist. Infatuations, matchmaking hazards, and romantic misunderstandings enhance the carnival atmosphere as the two girls explore the citybut it will take a real disaster to sort out the merely spectacular from the truly honorable.

About Angela Thirkell

Angela Thirkell (1890-1961) was the eldest daughter of John William Mackail, a Scottish classical scholar and civil servant, and Margaret Burne-Jones. Her relatives included the pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin, and her grandfather was J. M. Barrie. She was educated in London and Paris, and began publishing articles and stories in the 1920s. In 1931 she brought out her first book, a memoir entitled Three Houses, and in 1933 her comic novel High Rising - set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, borrowed from Trollope - met with great success. She went on to write nearly thirty Barsetshire novels, as well as several further works of fiction and non-fiction. She was twice married and had four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shawn

High hopes, dashed on the rocks of my literary fastidiousness and capriciousness. I really wanted to be enthralled by this book, and instead was bored by the plodding plot and occasional ornate and over flowery choice of words. I guess I was hoping for a more lighthearted book. There were some brigh......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Well, Nadia May and Angela T. are a great combo, so I had high expectations for this unusual piece of Thirkell's work. CS is not about Barsetshire per se (I haven't had a chance to dig back and see what links exist), but the usual chatty voice and "much ado about nothing" approach are present. The s......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

I noted from other reviews that this is not one of Thirkell's more popular books, however I really enjoyed it. There were places when I lost the point of some thoughts, and some ideas were not developed, but it reminded me of random verbal ramblings that I enjoy with friends. It was a sweet, quick r......more

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