I Capture the Castle - Hardcover

Smith, Dodie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909621110 ISBN 13: 9781909621114

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2014

Synopsis

The eccentric Mortmain family have been rattling around in a vast, decrepit castle for years, gradually slipping into financial ruin. Mortmain is crippled by writer's block, while his second wife Topaz - a fading beauty - struggles to be a dutiful stepmother to Rose, Cassandra and Thomas. Rose needs a husband, Thomas an education but Cassandra lives for her writing. Through her gloriously witty and shrewd diaries, she chronicles the trials of family life, the impact on their prospects of the arrival of a glamorous American family and the agonies of falling in love for the first time.

Illustrated by Ruth Steed, with an Afterword by Anna South.

About this title

Review:

‘A sparkling novel, a work of wit, irony and feeling.’ -- Los Angeles Times.

‘The greatest read of the twentieth century.’ -- Wendy Cooling

‘This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I’ve ever met.’ -- J. K. Rowling.

‘one of the don’t-miss books of your youth’ -- Carolyn Hart

Book Description:

A new edition of this highly successful novel to tie-in with a major new film.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1909621110
• ISBN 13: 9781909621114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448