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Dean Street Press The Mingham Air by Elizabeth Fair
The best thing one can say about the Priory is that it would have made a splendid ruin she stated. If only the Seamarks had left it alone .Hester Clifford has come to Mingham to recover from pneumonia at the invitation of her godmother Cecily Hutton an eccentric painter with a predilection for ruins. Hester determines to bring order to the Huttons easygoing lives not to mention those of the villagers--including elderly Mrs. Hyde-Ridley attempting to enforce her Edwardian standards of behaviour Mrs. Merlin the Rectors wife equally determined to share the joys of country dance with an unenthusiastic parish and Thomas Seamark a classic example of the wealthy brooding widower. Amidst conflict manipulation matchmaking and general hilarity Hester clearly has her work cut out for her.Furrowed Middlebrow is delighted to make available for the first time in over half a century all six of Elizabeth Fairs irresistible comedies of domestic life. These new editions all feature an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford.Miss Fairs understanding is deeper than Mrs. Thirkells and her humour is untouched by snobbishness; she is much nearer to Trollope grand master in these matters.--Stevie SmithMiss Fair makes writing look very easy and that is the measure of her creative ability.--Compton Mackenzieshow more