Description
Book SynopsisJoanna Trollope is the author of eagerly awaited and sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic nuaunces and dilemmas of life in present-day England. She has also written a number of historical novels and Britannia's Daughters, a study of women in the British Empire.
Joanna Trollope was born in Gloucestershire and now lives in London. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature.
Trade ReviewThe portrayal of the petty frustrations of clerical life is spot on and the novel is elegantly written * The Sunday Times *
I would have killed anyone who wrested this novel from my hands... it's compulsive reading * The Times *
This is Trollope's finest novel to date. Prepare to be wittily and wisely entertained by an exceptional writer * Daily Mail *
Like a Barbara Pym novel, though Joanna Trollope has a much stronger grasp than Pym on the tangled web of family life * The Times *
The portrayal of the petty frustrations of clerical life is spot on and the novel is elegantly written * Sunday Telegraph *
