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Name: Ashenden
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Wilhide

The novel follows an English country house and its residents over almost two and a half centuries. It opens with the house’s original architect, then moves to a Victorian family whose lives span four decades. During World War I soldiers are billeted in the house, adding a wartime chapter. In the 1950s, a young couple returns to the house to restore it, bringing the story into the modern era. Through these eras, the book weaves the lives of upstairs and downstairs inhabitants into an ongoing saga. The narrative spans from the house’s conception to its post‑war renewal, portraying the domestic and historic changes that shaped the family and the wider community. Overall, the work provides a layered view of English domestic history, life in a country home and the social transformations over 240 years.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Elizabeth Wilhide

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