Newhaven Court : love, tragedy, heroism and intrigue
Murray, Helen2022
Book
Built in 1884 as the grand summer home for the well-connected Locker-Lampson family, the red-brick turreted mansion Newhaven Court once sat high on a windswept hill above Cromer town. Before its dramatic destruction in flames nearly 80 years later, the house played host to such eminent figures as Lord Tennyson, heroic chain-smoking explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Winston Churchill, illustrator Kate Greenaway and French brandy-swigging tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen. It was a home where poets rubbed shoulders with politicians, and aristocracy with artists and authors. There was dance, dining and song, but also family tragedy, hidden love and illicit affairs.
Main title:
Newhaven Court : love, tragedy, heroism and intrigue / Helen Murray.
Author:
Murray, Helen, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2022.
Collation:
228 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781803991078 (pbk)
Dewey class:
728.80942612728.809
Language:
English
Related title:
Newhaven Court : love, tragedy, heroism and intrigue
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BRN:
1084103