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Angela Thirkell
High Rising [EPUB ebook]
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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.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781405516709 ● Publisher Little, Brown Book Group ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2753560 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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