Woodbrook by David Thomson
Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. It has been owned since the seventeenth century by the Anglo-Irish Kirkwoods. In 1932, David Thomson, aged eighteen, went there are a tutor. He stayed for ten years. This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil. In it he builds up a delicate, lyrical picture of a gentle pre-war society, of Irish history and troubled Anglo-Irish relations, and of a delightful family. Above all, his story reverberates with the enchantment of falling in love and with the desolation of bereavement.
A brilliantly original mix of love-story, memoir and history -- Brian Moore
It remains with one long after the story is told, a haunting sadness, a memory and a dream -- Olivia Manning * Spectator *
It remains with one long after the story is told, a haunting sadness, a memory and a dream -- Olivia Manning * Spectator *
David Thomson was born in India in 1914 to Scottish parents, but grew up in Scotland and Derbyshire. After the period described in Woodbrook he developed a career in writing and at the BBC. He died in 1988.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099359913 |
| ISBN 10 | 009935991X |
| Title | Woodbrook |
| Author | David Thomson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1994-02-17 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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