Published in 1954, STW’s wonderful last novel depicts an early Victorian merchant family on the Norfolk coast, harried by the good intentions of its flawed paterfamilias. Her coruscating intelligence, spiky wit and exquisitely balanced prose evoke Austen.
The Flint Anchor
(author)
£9.99
Edition:Paperback978024147608625/03/2021
Categories: 16. New Year 2023: Some of our Recent Favourites, Fiction, New Year 2023, Window Box
Tag: Historical Novels
From a Bookshelf nearby
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Like the new novel by the other twice-Booker-winner on this list, this is the third in a trilogy... following Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, both of which are also reissued in hardback a... read more
The Mirror and the Light (The Wolf Hall Trilogy)
Hardback £25.99 -
Connecting with her sequence 'Gilead', 'Home' and 'Lila', this new novel concerns the family's errant son Jack, the intelligent, drunk, courteous, poetry-loving, foolish ne'er-do-well. Aspir... read more
Jack: An Oprah’s Book Club Pick
Hardback £18.99 -
The discovery in 1799 of a mysterious ancient Greek vase sets in motion conspiracies, revelations and romance. Atmospheric historical fiction with a delightful heroine.
Pandora
Hardback £14.99