A Home for All Seasons av Gavin (author) Plumley

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<p><b>''Charming - a love-letter to home, history, and nature.''</b><br>LEAH BROAD, Author of <i>Quartet</i><br><br><b>''A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.''</b><br>HORATIO CLARE<br><br><b>''Truly a revelation on every page.''</b><br>PETROC TRELAWNY<br><br><b>''A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.'' </b><br><i>COUNTRY LIFE</i><br><br><b>''A wide-ranging meditation on place and past.''</b><br><i>LITERARY REVIEW</i><br><br>Gavin considered himself an urban being... until he met his husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House in Pembridge, Herefordshire - on love at first sight. But then came the question: ''How old is it?'' With its ancient beams, the date they''d been given seemed out by centuries. As Gavin traced Stepps House through various hands and eras, he saw a past emerge that resonates powerfully with our present.<br><br>Mixing history and art, memoir and landscape, <i>A Home for All Seasons</i> is grand