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Pimpernel Press Ltd, Published 2023. Hardcover, 192 pp.; 23 cm; New and revised edition; illustrated with color photographs.
Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
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In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Gray-green cloth-covered boards with pale pink lettering on spine; mild shelf and edge wear; binding tight; pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket has a few small nicks and minor creasing to the edges, with mild shelf wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Two houses in Devon dominated Christie's life: Ashfield in Torquay, where she was born and raised, and Greenway on the River Dart, which she bought just before the Second World War. Explores the links between her home county and her works through photographs of her houses, family, and landscapes, with a foreword by her grandson Mathew Prichard. This new and revised edition of the 2009 Frances Lincoln title. Contents: The Author (Agatha Miller-Christie-Mallowan); The Houses (From Dolls' House to Greenway); The Households (Servants and Staff); The Home Town (Torquay); The Home County (From Dartmoor to the River Dart); The Parish (Galmpton and Churston); The House (Greenway and its Gardens); The Legacy (Tourism and the Brand); Index.