Amberwell

Good old-fashioned historic fiction. I started this nostalgic book, intending to read just a couple of chapters, but found it too hard to put down and finished it off the same night. It's the story of the Ayrton family and their beloved estate in Scotland, Amberwell. In particular, it follows five si......more

There’s a period between the world wars that is widely regarded by anglophiles and other sentimentalists as a golden era (for a certain class of English gentry, at least)—a time when families with land still had enough money, and enough servants disposed to serve, that they could lead lives of beaut......more

Lugar feliz total. Una historia de una familia, de cinco hermanos, sus idas y venidas, la guerra, los jardines y Escocia.......more

How lovely...lovely estate, lovely children, lovely descriptions... I escaped to my favorite place, Britain, with my favorite characters, children, made possible by my new favorite author, D.E. Stevenson. The novel revolves around the Ayrton family. Will and Marion Ayrton seem to have one raison d......more

A few years ago I read one of D. E. Stevenson’s most popular novels, Miss Buncle’s Book. I found it a lovely, charming read, but as I said in my review at the time, I thought it 'lacked that special spark’'. I hadn’t really thought about reading any more of her books until I noticed that some of the......more