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Title:
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Gate of Angels |
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Authors:
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Fitzgerald, Penelope |
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Genre:
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Fiction |
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Pages:
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218 |
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Year:
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1990 |
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Publisher:
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Harper Collins |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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Fred Fairly, scientist and junior fellow at St Angelicus College and Daisy Saunders, a working-class nurse from London, first meet in the most unlikely of circumstances: a cycling accident has them rescued by a good Samaritan and placed in the same bed to recover. A shock for the signed-up celibate Fred, but less so for the pragmatic Daisy. And so begins a romance that simmers away in the microcosm of pre-WWI Cambridge.
On the cusp of a changing world, this gentle Edwardian period piece, brimming with ideas, delivers an entertaining and satisfying read with its witty and clever writing.
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"Really lovely writing - the author gets things across with a minimum of words."
"A little bit of old-fashioned fun and frivolity."
"Beautifully written; fabulous evocation of the period through clever descriptive writing."
"It's darkly humorous with good characterisation."
"The humour is rampant, almost slapstick, and the reader is carried along in a seemingly simple tale that is technicolour and far from simple."
"There is much to absorb in what isn't said."
"A lovely period story of old Cambridge."
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Categories:
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Fiction, Historical, Humour, Short read, England, 2019 Titles |
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