Max Gate / Damien Wilkins.
"It's 1928 and the world's most famous novelist, Thomas Hardy, is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his high-powered literary friends are becoming locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy's remains?...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wellington :
Victoria University Press,
2013.
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| Summary: | "It's 1928 and the world's most famous novelist, Thomas Hardy, is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his high-powered literary friends are becoming locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy's remains? Who knew the great man best? What are the secrets of Max Gate? Nellie Titterington, a maid at the house, narrates this earthy and emotionally-charged novel about a world of ambition, duty, belonging and love"--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "A novel." |
| Physical Description: | 219 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780864738998 (paperback) |