The Caxley Chronicles: "The Market Square", "The Howards of Caxley"

Miss Read

ISBN 10: 0140281304 / ISBN 13: 9780140281309

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Caxley Chronicles: "The Market Square", "The Howards of Caxley"
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140281304
• ISBN 13: 9780140281309
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

This omnibus contains two books which are not strictly part of the Fairacre series, although the town of Caxley does feature in the books. The idea of writing a book about Caxley came to Miss Read one day when she was standing at an upstairs window overlooking the market place of her own local town, Newbury. 'What a setting for a novel,' she thought. 'I could have two tradesmen who live over shops, one prosperous and one struggling, whose circumstances become reversed during the course of the story.' THE MARKET SQUARE and THE HOWARDS OF CAXLEY chart the story of two families, the Norths and the Howards, from the time of Edward VII to the 1950s. The books are as full of charm as her Thrush Green and Fairacre series.

About the Author

Miss Read began her Fairacre series with VILLAGE SCHOOL in 1956, her Thrush Green series with THRUSH GREEN in 1959, and finally laid down her pen in 1996 when A PEACEFUL RETIREMENT was published. Miss Read lives near Hungerford in Berkshire; she wasawarded the MBE in 1998 for services to Literature.