The Crichel Boys: Scenes from England's Last Literary Salon

by Simon Fenwick

Book Overview

In 1945, Eddy Sackville-West, Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Eardley Knollys - writers for the New Statesman and a National Trust administrator - purchased Long Crichel House, an old rectory with no electricity and an inadequate water supply. In this improbable place, the last English literary salon began.

Quieter and less formal than the famed London literary salons, Long Crichel became an idiosyncratic experiment in communal living. Sackville-West,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472132483
• ISBN13: 9781472132482
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Constable & Robinson
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.9" x 7.7"