{"product_id":"9781509843732","title":"I Capture the Castle","description":"Author: Dodie Smith\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781509843732\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Sep 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eccentric Mortmain family have been rattling around in a vast, decrepit castle for years, gradually slipping into financial ruin. Mortmain is crippled by writer’s block, while his beautiful second wife Topaz struggles to be a dutiful stepmother to Rose, Cassandra and Thomas. Rose needs a husband, Thomas an education but Cassandra lives for her writing. Through her gloriously witty and shrewd diaries, she chronicles the trials of family life, the impact on their prospects of the arrival of a glamorous American family, and the agonies of falling in love for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n A wonderfully quirky coming-of-age story, \u003ci\u003eI Capture the Castle \u003c\/i\u003eby Dodie Smith, author of\u003ci\u003e The Hundred and One Dalmatians \u003c\/i\u003eis an affectionately drawn portrait of one of the funniest families in literature.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n This beautiful Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of \u003ci\u003eI Capture the Castle \u003c\/i\u003eis illustrated by Ruth Steed, and features an afterword by publisher Anna South.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much-loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46665441312926,"sku":"TLD-9781509843732","price":14.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781509843732.jpg?v=1775102826","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781509843732","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}