Book description
Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son
Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home in the sleepy
surrounds of High Rising. But Laura's wealthy friend and neighbour
George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage
to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can
clever, practical Laura rescue George from Miss Grey's clutches and,
what's more, help his daughter Miss Sibyl Knox to secure her longed-for
engagement?
Utterly charming and very funny, High Rising is irresistible comic
entertainment. Angela Thirkell (1890-1961) wrote many works of fiction
and non-fiction, including twenty-nine 'Barsetshire novels', which won
her great popularity and acclaim. The first of these, High Rising, was
published in 1933. Her relatives included Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard
Kipling and Stanley Baldwin, and her godfather was JM Barrie. She was
twice married and had four children.
