Lively, Penelope Treasures Of Time ISBN 13: 9780753188040

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Hugh Paxton was a very important archaeologist and highly influential man. So important that the BBC have decided to make a documentary on his life, focusing on the dig that made him famous. The trouble with digging around in the past, though, is that it disturbs the present as well.

Hugh's beautiful, flighty widow Laura, her prickly daughter Kate, and Kate's charming fiance Tom are each determied, in their own way, to keep the past in its place. But history has a habit of rearing its head. And as the film-makers take over the family home, and begin to delve into Hugh's life, there are unexpected upheavals along the way.

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The 1970s was a decade of anger and discontent. Britain endured power cuts and strikes. America pulled out of Vietnam and saw its President resign from office. Feminism and face lifts vied for women's hearts (and minds).And for many, prog rock, punk and disco weren't just music but ways of life.


Penelope Lively's Treasures of Time was published in 1979, and marked the arrival on the scene of an important novelist who already had a reputation as a fine writer for children. Ths book is an acutely observed study of marriage and manipulation. When the BBC want to make a documentary about acclaimed archaeologist Hugh Paxton, his widow Laura, daughter Kate and her fiancé Tom are a little nervous: digging up the past can also disturb the present...

With a new introduction by Selina Hastings

About the Author:
Penelope Lively is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of PEN and the Society of Authors. She was married to the late Professor Jack Lively, has a daughter, a son, three granddaughters and three grandsons, and lives in London. She has written many prize-winning novels and collections of short stories for both adults and children. Moon Tiger won the 1987 Booker Prize. Penelope Lively’s most recent book, Making It Up, is available now in Penguin paperback.

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  • PublisherISIS Large Print Books
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 075318804X
  • ISBN 13 9780753188040
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages256
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