Lifting the Latch: A Life on the Land - Based on the Life of Mont Abbott of Enstone, Oxfordshire (Oxford paperbacks)

Stewart, Sheila

ISBN 10: 019282161X / ISBN 13: 9780192821614

Published by Oxford Paperbacks, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lifting the Latch: A Life on the Land - Based on the Life of Mont Abbott of Enstone, Oxfordshire (Oxford paperbacks)
• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019282161X
• ISBN 13: 9780192821614
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 200 grams

About this title

Synopsis

For nearly eighty years Mont Abbot has lived and worked on the land near Enstone in Oxfordshire. In this extraordinary record of custom and change, constructed by Sheila Stewart from a series of taped conversations, Mont 'lifts the latch' and takes us into a forgotten world of roly-poly puddings and street fairs, describing everything from his lost skills of carting and shepherding to the joys of singing in the church choir, and the day-to-day warmth and loyalty of a close-knit rural community. 'set to become a classic of the Flora Thomson mould.' Oxford Times

About the Author

Sheila Stewart is the author of the bestselling Ramlin Rose, and several short stories and radio plays. A radio script based on her book Country Kate won The Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for 1974.