Product Review

The last novel in Angela Thirkell's beloved series of modern Barsetshire chronicle is a happy concoction indeed, returning readers - in stylish and comic comfort - to pleasant haunts in the company of a large and familiar cast of gentry and clergy. The teas and tete-a-tetes come fast and furious, beginning with the gathering Mrs. Morland (author of the wildly popular Madame Koska mysteries) convenes at her home in High Rising. Soon the attention of the entire community is drawn to the christening of the first child of Lady William Harcourt (readers of previous Thirkell novels will remember her as Edith Graham), and a new life sets the stage for new love - at all ages, just as the title promises.