Publisher’s Review 

While at Oxford in the 1960s the author took a trip to Crimscote near Stratford-upon-Avon, which led eventually to marriage and other journeys.

Now he gives a fine account of family life and local ways in this corner of England, recalling trips to hill forts, feudal castles, manor houses, village fetes, days on old canals and country walks, nights at Shakespearean dramas and Robert Dover’s Cotswold Games. His lively saga spans several generations. 

Nicholas Hasluck lives in Perth, Western Australia. A lawyer, but with time enough along the way to write various novels and to chair the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize. 

‘A Miles Franklin Award shortlisted novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, Hasluck has turned his writing hand to a variety of styles. His foray into the political thriller is fruitful and fun.’ - Lorien Kaye, The Saturday Age 


‘I was completely transported into the world that Hasluck has created and held captive in it to the end.’ - Michael Frayn