The Company We Kept

Barbara Kaye (Mrs Percy Muir)

ISBN 10: 1884718124 / ISBN 13: 9781884718120

Published by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, 1995

About this Item

224 pages. In this entertaining and very personal sequel to Percy Muir's Minding My Own Business, Barbara Kaye describes the struggle to keep the firm of Elkin Mathews going while, at the same time the Muirs gave hospitality to an egotistical author engaged on a book on women, an eccentric poet, the originator of James Bond, and other friends who came for temporary refuge from the Blitz.

Seller Inventory # 005032

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Company We Kept
• Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1884718124
• ISBN 13: 9781884718120
• Binding: Boards
• Edition: First American Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In this entertaining sequel, the Muirs struggle to keep the bookselling firm of Elkin Mathews afloat during World War II. After moving to Essex, Barbara balances family and writing career as Percy commutes to work in London at Elkin Mathews. However, eighteen months later on the eve of war, the business and staff must flee to the Muirs' cramped cottage to join the Muirs' parents and dog, author Ian Fleming, and other friends who seek refuge from the Blitz.