Stanley Scott

The Old Gatehouse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Caiston Manor is a large country house owned by Lord Barnes, a wealthy banker who has recently returned from lengthy travels in Egypt. He has been estranged from his family for a number of years. As he picks up the threads of his life in England, his immediate circle widens in many unexpected ways, accommodating innovation, intrigue and a gently blossoming love-story as the Old Gatehouse is restored and lived in once more. So sit back and relax as you enter the world of a country estate in the early nineteen-hundreds. Enjoy the banter of the daily round with the domestics and add a little romance to your life as the changing fortunes of Lord Barnes' family build to a warm and uplifting conclusion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beall Research
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781783242139
• ISBN-10: 1783242132
• Artikelnr.: 62509730

Autorenporträt

Stanley Scott was born in Ely, and grew up in the West Fen where his father had a dairy farm. His maternal grandmother had been lady-in-waiting to Lady Leicester at Holkham Hall, and lived with Stanley, his parents and four siblings when he was a boy. He was a chorister at Ely Cathedral, following in his brothers' footsteps, and rose to the heights of Head Chorister, singing on until the age of fifteen and a half, when his voice broke. One of the most vivid memories of this time is of his fire-watching duties, which necessitated sleeping in the Lady Chapel and going up on to the top of the Octagon to man the telephone when enemy planes were about. One moonlit night, he and a fellow fire watcher climbed out on to the apex of the Nave roof, where they sat admiring the view. He lives to tell the tale!Being interested in both electricity and water, he started work in the electrical industry, -at a time when supply companies were eager to promote their product. He later put these skills to good use on becoming involved in the construction and day to day running of Grafham Water, where he remained until he retired.Since then, he has had several other interests, including making houses and shops for his oo gauge model railway town, illuminating the buildings and making the trains do things they were probably never expected to!At the age of ninety-three, he invested in a chrome book and began writing 'The Old Gatehouse', in which some of the storylines are based on real-life happenings, though with a totally fictitious cast.He is currently engaged on a sequel to 'The Old Gatehouse', and is author of 'The Adventures of Hayley' - six stories for children.