Isabel Colegate: 4 books

'As a novelist of English manners, Isabel Colegate has no rival.' - The Times 'Colegate's prose is flowing and unpretentious. She tells an excellent tale.' - Daily Telegraph '[Colegate's] strengths - neat psychological details, coolly literate narration, dry humor - are on ample display...

Inghilterra, 1913: Sir Randolph Nettleby, baronetto e «gentleman di campagna», ha invitato, come ogni anno sul finire di ottobre, illustri amici e conoscenti nella sua tenuta nell’Oxfordshire per una grande battuta di caccia. È una tradizione che si consuma ormai da tempo immemore, la cui ritualità...

" En tant que scénariste de Gosford Park, je n'ai jamais caché la dette immense que j'ai envers Isabel Colegate. " Julian Fellowes Angleterre, automne 1913. La grande partie de chasse traditionnelle bat son plein sur les terres de sir Randolph, pour le plus grand plaisir de ses invités....

It is the autumn of 1913. Sir Randolph Nettleby has assembled a brilliant array of guests at his Oxfordshire estate for the biggest hunt of the season. An army of gamekeepers, beaters, and servants has rehearsed the intricate age-old ritual, the gentlemen are falling into the prescribed mode of fellowship...