The Taverners' Place [Hardcover]

Joanna Trollope (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

From 1870 to 1939, the Taverner family faces one misfortune after another. Their estate near Bath, England, draws family members together but also magnifies their animosities. Taverner men die in military conflicts from the Crimea to South Africa to Spain. Those who survive rarely find professional or personal joy. The women range from bubbleheaded socialites to political journalists. Madness, impotence, adultery, and other soap-opera components fill the pages. Readers will likely echo the sentiments of one of the characters who speaks halfway through the book, "I do not think . . . that there is any disaster left to happen." How wrong she is. BOMC featured alternate. Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ. Lib., Minn.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 547 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1 edition (January 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312000685
• ISBN-13: 978-0312000684
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,881,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joanna Trollope has been writing fiction for more than 30 years. Some of her best known works include The Rector's Wife (her first #1 bestseller), A Village Affair, Other People's Children, and Marrying the Mistress. She was awarded the OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honors List for services to literature. She lives in England.