| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
293 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-293). |
| Contents |
It's all yours if you want it -- Heir and spare -- Winter light -- Blessing -- Garden -- These woods, these cultur'd plains -- Home economics -- County -- Play piece -- Tenants and factors -- Guests and ghosts -- Birthday. |
| Summary |
Historian Rathbone knew when she married a Scottish laird that she was also marrying his mansion, but there was much this urban American did not know. Finding herself in a setting like that of many a classic novel, both enchanting and treacherous, she shares hard-won lessons in dealing with a grand but crumbling Georgian mansion, troublesome tenants, and an intractable class system. With the skills of a biographer, she delves into local histories, anecdotes and family papers in an effort to understand her surroundings and to free her husband from the grip of his past.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Scotland. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Rathbone, Belinda -- Homes and haunts -- Scotland.
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Rathbone, Belinda. |
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Married people -- Scotland.
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Married people. |
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Manors -- Scotland.
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Manors. |
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Married people. |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
1593720157 |
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9781593720155 |
| Standard No. |
9781593720155 |
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