Victoria Glendinning

Books do furnish a life

Ronald Blythe writes from his old Suffolk farmhouse, and Susan Hill writes from her old Gloucestershire farmhouse.

issue 03 October 2009

  • The Bookman’s Tale

    Ronald Blythby

    Canterbury Press, pp. 120

  • Howards End is on the Landing

    Susan Hill

    Profile Books, pp. 236

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