Michael Walmer

Dec 12, 2023 | katrinarobinson.co.uk | Rumer Godden |Ada Leverson |Michael Walmer |Manderley Press

Within the space of a day, an old Cornish house known as China Court goes through a family death, an inheritance, and a last-minute wedding, all against a shifting backdrop of stories of the previous five generations of its inhabitants. Originally published in 1960 and now reissued in a delectable Manderley Press edition, it's a novel steeped in a lost past.

Nov 14, 2023 | katrinarobinson.co.uk | Ada Leverson |Michael Walmer |Philippa Gregory |William Collins

This delicious book does exactly what it says on the cover: it kept me teasingly and expertly on tenterhooks until practically the final paragraph of the last page. Edith and Bruce Ottley are a married couple of the leisured Edwardian London upper class with domestic servants and numerous social occasions which unfortunately sometimes lead to attractions between people who happen to be married to other people.

Oct 13, 2023 | katrinarobinson.co.uk | Ada Leverson |Michael Walmer |Anne Hall |Katrina Robinson

I am a booklover so it was natural for me to find that books were my allies in rough times. Later, when I was stronger, they provided catharsis and practical ideas for a way forward. That’s just me. Entering into the world of a book gives me a break from harsh reality. What I get from reading, you personally might find you get from films or music or drama or something else entirely. Some healthy form of temporary escape.