{"product_id":"9781885586322","title":"Childhood at Oriol","description":"Author: Michael Burn\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781885586322\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Jul 2005\u003cbr\u003ePages: 360 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in a very limited printing in England in 1951, this enchanting rediscovery is set in a small villa among the dunes of Le Toquet. It is the story of two energetic, mischievous and sensitive children and their encounters with a privileged set of adult visitors who are in Normandy for the season and who could well have stepped out of a novel by P.G. Wodehouse. This magical novel, which takes place between two world wars, will remind readers of Dodie Smith's \u003ci\u003eI Capture the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e and Gerald Durrell's \u003ci\u003eMy Family and Other Animals\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Burn\u003c\/b\u003e will be 95 when \u003ci\u003eChildhood at Oriol\u003c\/i\u003e is released. As a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he covered both the abdication of Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, and the faked Hungarian trial of Cardinal Mindszenty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924999946398,"sku":"ING-9781885586322","price":21.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781885586322.jpg?v=1782957197","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781885586322","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}