To the Manor Born

By Peter Spence

Book Overview

Based on the television series, these six episodes of the situation comedy, "To the Manor Born", were commissioned for broadcast on Radio 2. The episodes are "The Rhythms of the Earth", "The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031280752X
• ISBN13: 9780312807528
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Best British Comedy Ever!

The book "To the Manor Born" is based on the BBC series of the same title which was produced in the late 1970's. Peter Spence is both the author of the television series as well as this delightful book. The story revolves around the life of the recently widowed, youthful Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton. She is a wealthy, English lady who looses her manor due to the overwhelming financial debt of her late husband, Marton Fforbes-Hamilton. Audrey is forced to live/adjust to life as one of the "little people" in her village, while she plots/schemes to regain her rightful title as "lady of Grantleigh Manor". There are several subplots in the book which were not included in the television series. The ending is superb,a masterpiece!

Romance, conflict and comedy in the English countryside.

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, newly widowed, finds that all her dreams have come true, she now controls Grantleigh Manor in the picturesque English countryside. However, tragedy follows when she finds that her husband left the estate bankrupt, and in the hands of receivers. The Manor is sold to the charming and rich Richard DeVere, leaving Audrey to scheme a way back. Along the way, the reader is rewarded with an interesting and romantic story liberally sprinkled with wit and humor.To those who have seen the television show: This is the book upon which the late `70s/early `80s show was based. Much of the book corresponds to episodes 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7. However, the book contains a number of subplots that do not exist in the show, and the conclusion is an absolute masterpiece.