The Shooting Party
A Novel

Me cuesta puntuar este libro porque lo he disfrutado mucho pero tampoco creo que sea de esas lecturas que dejan poso. De todas maneras se lo recomiendo a todos los anglófilos (¡como yo!) y amantes de las historias tipo Downton abbey o Gosford park o los libros como 'Los años ligeros'. Ambientada a pr......more

I read this book many years ago, when I was quite young and still believed in "fairy tale true love". We humans love to tell stories - and believe them - for all sorts of reasons. "SORT OF" SPOILER ALERT: The hero and heroine will never marry and form a family unit: however, the heroine's husband is......more

An outstanding novel that traces the events over the course of a three-day shooting party at an English country estate in 1913. Although it was written in 1980, you feel as if you are reading a novel that could well have been written in the late 1920s or early 1930s. It has the pathos of Ford Madox......more

With a light, deft touch, Isabel Colgate explores the autumn of Edwardian England as encapsulated in a country shooting party. It's the fall of 1913, and Sir Randolph Nettleby is hosting an assortment of well-heeled guests at his country estate for a weekend of shooting, gossip, and mild intrigue. T......more

As Nancy Mitford would say: DO read this novel if you are interested in the British aristocracy, particularly during that apotheosis described as the ‘Edwardian era’. This isn’t the sort of book that engenders a deep emotional response, but I got a lot of pleasure from reading such a well-constructe......more