Bless This House

by Norah Lofts

Book Overview

The house was built in the Old Queen's time -- built for an Elizabethan pirate who was knighted for the plunder he brought home. It survived many eras, many reigns -- it saw the passing of Cromwell and the Civil War. It became rich with an Indian Nabob and poor with a twentieth century innkeeper. It saw wars, and lovers, and death. Children were born there, both heirs and bastards. It had ghosts and legends and a history that grew stranger with every...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892440481
• ISBN13: 9780892440481
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Queens House
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A fascinating view of English history through the story of one house

A thoroughly engrossing story, one that I've come back to time and time again..... a great book to curl up with on a winters night. It took me a while to realise that the genetic output of both the original owner and his friend Jonathan continue to pop up and take ownership of the house, due in part to a couple of "wrong side of the blanket" babies in the first few chapters. Full of wonderful characters from all aspects of the social scale, in different eras, Norah Lofts has a wonderful command of her people and their lives.

Wonderful Norah Lofts!

I cannot understand why more of this prolific author's stories aren't reprinted-for sheer storytelling and charachters that are true to life, Norah Lofts is timeless. Bless This House is the chronicle of several generations of households witnessed by an English home from the time it was built through the past century.I believe that this book, and Gad's Hall, another of the author's stories, to be some of the best social commentaries true to their times. Engrossing on a cold winter's eve!

ONE OF HER BEST

THE LATE NORAH LOFTS HAS WRITTEN AN ENGROSSING STORY OF AN AN ELIZABETHAN HOUSE AND ITS OWNER'S, THEIR LOVES, TRAGEDIES AND HEARTBREAKS. IF YOU ARE AN ANGLOPHILE AND CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF OUR SOCIAL HISTORY, THIS BOOK AND ALL HER BOOKS, IS WAITING TO BE READ....AGAIN AND AGAIN

THIS OLD HOUSE...

This is a book to be savored by those who enjoy historical fiction. Beautifully written by a master storyteller, it centers around a beautiful house, Merravay, which was built during the Elizabethan era, and the lives of those who lived in it throughout the passing centuries.There is a rich melange of personalities, conflicts, loves, and everyday twists that meld into the foundation of this house in which its inhabitants have seen so much personal and historical strife. Filled with memorable characters throughout the ages, this thoroughly engrossing book will keep the reader entertained until the very last page is turned.

geneologic eeriness

the history of a an English house, and its inhabitants/owners, over a period of several centuries. Amazing, and one could believe that a similar house's history could be true, from the original construction eons ago to a surprising ending as its owners travel ful circle in time.