The House of Elliott (Signed 1st)

Jean Marsh

ISBN 10: 0283061553 / ISBN 13: 9780283061554

Published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1993

About this Item

Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh (1934 - 2025) was an English actress and writer. She co-created and starred in the ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-1975), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck. She reprised the role in the BBC's revival of the series (2010-2012). Marsh co-created the television series The House of Eliott in 1991. Her film appearances include Cleopatra (1963), Frenzy (1972), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Changeling (1980), Return to Oz (1985), Willow (1988), Fatherland (1994) and Monarch (2000). She is also known for three roles in Doctor Who: as Joan of England in The Crusade; Sara Kingdom, a companion of the First Doctor; and a villain opposite the Seventh Doctor. From 1955 to 1960 she was married to Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor in the series. This novel embraces the characters and themes of the successful TV series, but develops and continues them in ways that even the best TV cannot allow. The lives of the Elliot sisters Beatrice and Evangeline are explored as is the rise of their fashion house to World War II and beyond. This copy is fine in blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine. No marks or damage at all. The unclipped DJ is also excellent. Signed by Jean Marsh on the title page. BI25.

Seller Inventory # B1562

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The House of Elliott (Signed 1st)
• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0283061553
• ISBN 13: 9780283061554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Inscribed
  • Literature
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

A captivating historical romance about the lives and loves of two sisters starting a fashion house in 1920's London. Beloved actress/writer Jean Marsh starred in and coauthored the Emmy-winning TV series Upstairs, Downstairs. Her House of Eliott will air as an A&E-TV series through spring 1994.

About the Author

A Londoner by birth, Jean Marsh has spent most of her adult life in Oxfordshire and New York. She is best known for her Emmy-winning role as Rose Buck in Upstairs, Downstairs, which she co-created with Eileen Atkins, and in which she reappeared in the BBC's 2010 three-part remake of the series. She has acted in a wide variety of shows on stage, in film and television. Her performances have included works by Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen and Coward. Articles by Jean Marsh have appeared in the Sunday Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and the TV Times. She enjoys good food and walking.