Mr Marling, of Marling Hall, has begun to accept - albeit reluctantly - that he will probably never be able to pass his wonderful...

Jack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He...

Owls Do Cry is the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, whose...

'Who would suspect her sense of fun and irony, of a passionate love for beauty and the power to drag it from its hidden places?...

A delightfully appealing 1930s comedy from Angela Thirkell's classic Barsetshire series: the Brandons cheerfully confront matters...

Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.

Remember you...

Alice Barton finds adventure during a Friday-to-Monday at a grand country house in Angela Thirkell's classic, deliciously...

One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .

Lady Charlotte...

In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be...

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by...

A subtle love story by one of the most accomplished writers of the 20th century

Vinny Tumulty is a quiet, sensible man. When...

Doone Penny is a child with passion, and a gift - he is a born dancer, a ballet genius in the making. But though others may...

Written by the author of "Union Street", "The Century's Daughter" and "The Man Who Wasn't There", this is a story about a killer...

Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good-looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her sober...

An unforgettable picture of love, loss and the keeping up of appearances. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to...

Dulcie Mainwaring is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her friend Viola...

On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining...