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Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. He stayed for ten years.

This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil.



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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 *

Woodbrook

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    A Paperback / softback by David Thomson

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 17 February 1994
      ISBN-13 9780099359913
      978-0099359913
      ISBN-10 009935991X
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      Autobiography: writers European history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. He stayed for ten years.

      This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil.



      Trade Review
      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 *

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