A to Z Challenge - Favourite Books - The Children of Green Knowe
hildren of Green Knowe, and all the other stories in the series by L. M. Boston.
I came to these stories late, long after I'd already reread Tolkien and Lewis, and so at first their magic felt a little esoteric, a little foggy. But they're English, and their charm is all English, and so I couldn't resist.
Also, I've just discovered that the house in the books is real! Not only that, Boston wrote two memoirs about her childhood, and the house, which is a Norman manor house, built in about 1130 and one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in the British Isles. More books for the two wishlists...
Hemingford Grey Manor House, near Huntingdon:
I came to these stories late, long after I'd already reread Tolkien and Lewis, and so at first their magic felt a little esoteric, a little foggy. But they're English, and their charm is all English, and so I couldn't resist.
Also, I've just discovered that the house in the books is real! Not only that, Boston wrote two memoirs about her childhood, and the house, which is a Norman manor house, built in about 1130 and one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in the British Isles. More books for the two wishlists...
Hemingford Grey Manor House, near Huntingdon:
All that, and a secret garden, too!
Comments
Thanks for featuring this, Deniz...
How are you? I hope all is well.
Love the outside architecture and that inside shows such earthy personality.
Denise
I've never heard of the book though.
Isn't it lovely, Zan Marie? I wonder if I could live in and take care of a house like that?
Glad you liked it Michael! This A-Z is fun.
I can't remember how I discovered them, Joshua. But they're English, so I was bound to come across them sometime [g]
I like your take, Nadja!
Thanks for coming by Angela and Denise!
Jamie Gibbs
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Mithril Wisdom
I'd love to read this series. I'll look it up.
I hope I can visit it someday, Jamie...
Hope you like the books, Medeia!