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Peter Somerville-Large grew up in a 1930s nursery world at the top of a smart Georgian house in Dublin. The family had houses in the country too, and a bevy of eccentric relations, among them Edith Somerville (of Somerville and Ross fame). When Peter was five, his father bought an island - twenty rocky acres on the north shore of the Kenmare River in County Kerry - his idea of paradise. There were parties, sailing trips, fishing expeditions. Gradually, as the century progressed, the parties grew fewer and the grand houses fell into disrepair. This beautifully written memoir takes the reader back to the sensations and excitements of childhood and paints a vivid picture of a vanished world.
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Born in 1928, Peter Somerville-Large was educated in Dublin. After a decade working abroad he returned to Ireland to take up a writing career. His many books of travel and social history include The Grand Irish Tour, Irish Eccentrics, and Cappaghglass.
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Peter Somerville-Large's memories have an authentic and enchanting quality as he evokes the world of his parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts.' Contemporary Review - '..recalls in graphic detail the joys and tribulations of a childhood spent in a milieu that has vanished. * Books of Ireland *
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0786242388
- ISBN 13 9780786242382
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages306
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