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Elizabeth And Her German Garden

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2nd February 2006

Price: £9.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781844083497

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May 7th — There were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden in spite of my years and children. But I did it behind a bush, having a due regard for the decencies …’

Elizabeth’s uniquely witty pen records each season in her beloved garden, where she escapes from the stifling routine of indoors: servants, meals, domestic routine, and the presence of her overbearing husband …

Reviews

SUSAN HILL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
A gem of a book: rare, simple, innocent and charming. I was captivated
PENELOPE MORTIMER
She has a wild sense of comedy and a vision - continually thwarted though it was - of potential happiness
LISA ST AUBIN DE TERAN
Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony
ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD
An extraordinary work ... idyllic