{"product_id":"9780349018652","title":"Love Among the Ruins","description":"Author: Angela Thirkell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349018652\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 May 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 496 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the summer of 1947, and peacetime has brought new challenges to Barsetshire. Beliers Priory, once a military hospital during the War, has now become a flourishing preparatory school for boys run by Leslie and Philip Winter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Charles Belton is hired as the new school master, six young people are thrown together in a web of flirtations and misunderstandings: Charles and his elder brother, Naval Captain Freddy Belton; Susan Dean, now Red Cross Depot Librarian, and her glamorous sister Jessica, an actress in thrall to the theatre; pragmatic Lucy Marling and her brother Oliver. And with the old social order in ruins, the scene is set for a delicious summer of comic - and romantic - possibilities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Among the Ruins \u003c\/i\u003eis a delightful, clever and wryly poignant classic, and the 17th novel in Angela Thirkell's beloved Barsetshire series. \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491597897886,"sku":"ADS-9780349018652","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349018652.jpg?v=1770594751","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349018652","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}