The Humpherys Family

Bless This House

Record Added: 12/31/2018
Author 
Setting England
Topic Adult Fiction, Classics
Publisher Doubleday Publishers
Year 1954
Age Adult   Pages 284
 
This is the story of Merravay; "a stately house, a beautiful house, a poem built not with words, but with timber and glass and stone and brick. The fortunes of a beautiful Elizabethan house called Merravay, Built in Suffolk in 1557 for a queen to sleep in, then loved and hated through four centuries. Told in eight episodic narratives by a fascinating pageant of characters including -- a pirate, witch, bawd, rake, recluse, and lovers all of whom play a vital part in the house's history.
Notes
From Dog Eared Books, Afton WY Aug 2017 (at Family Reunion)