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    House of Trelawney
    House of Trelawney
    House of Trelawney
    Audiobook13 hours

    House of Trelawney

    Written by Hannah Rothschild

    Narrated by Corrie James

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    About this audiobook

    The seat of the Trelawney family for over 700 years, Trelawney Castle was once the jewel of the Cornish coast. Each successive Earl spent with abandon, turning the house and grounds into a sprawling, extravagant palimpsest of wings, turrets, and follies. But as the centuries passed the Earls of Trelawney, their ambition dulled by generations of pampered living, failed to develop other skills. Now in 2008 the house-its paintings and furniture sold off to pay death duties, its grounds diminished, the gardens choked with weeds-has begun to resemble its owners: faded, crumbling, and out-of-date.

    Jane, the put-upon wife of the current Earl, Kitto, scraping a life for her children and in-laws in a few drafty rooms of the big house, is trapped by Trelawney Castle; while Blaze, Kitto's sister, has made a killing in the City-and a complete turkey of her personal life. Long-estranged, the two women are brought back together when a letter arrives; and soon after it, an unwelcome young guest. Grudgingly reunited, Blaze and Jane must band together to take charge of their new charge-and save the house of Trelawney.

    With formidable sharpness, delicious irreverence, and a very wicked wit, House of Trelawney is a glorious send-up of recession Britain and its carnival of bastard bankers and down-at-heel toffs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateFeb 11, 2020
    ISBN9781684577781
    House of Trelawney
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    Hannah Rothschild

    Hannah Rothschild is a writer and director whose documentaries have appeared at film festivals including Telluride and Tribeca. She conceived and directed The Jazz Baroness, a film about her great-aunt and Thelonious Monk, which was broadcast by BBC and HBO in 2009. She has written for British Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Independent and The Spectator. She is vice president of the Hay Literary Festival and trustee of the National Gallery and Waddesdon Manor.

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    • 4/5
      I thought it was great! I hadn’t yet read a fiction book set against the 2008 financial crisis and it was interesting overlayed with the aristocracy. Left me hoping for a sequel.❤️
    • 1/5
      This was a terribly disappointing book. It had so many good ideas for storylines and blew every single one. Every time you start liking a character they make a stupid decision and you go back to disliking them again. I kept waiting for it to get bettrr and it never did. What a waste!