Rider Haggard, Lilias.

A Norfolk Notebook.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1946. 20.9cm x 13.1cm. 177 pages. Original Hardcover without dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private giftinscription on the endpaper.

Includes for Example: Father’s memoirs/ London hospital/ Burgh Castle/ Chateaubriand and Charlotte Ives/ St. Swithin’s/ Holkham/ Fowell Buxton and the Emancipation of Slaves/ the Parish Council on road improvement/ Muckleburgh Hill/ tension over Europe/ the Women’s Institute Show/ Topcroft Hall/ pike fishing/ Michaelmas Sale/ values in life/ Christmas/ Emily Bronte/ eclipse of the moon/ Circus at Olmpia/ Blakeney in Winter/ village charities/ body snatching/ St. Valentine’s/ bird migration/ the passing of spring/ mandrakes/ birds in flight/ June in the Waveney Valley/ the coming of war/ the ‘Lusitania’ medal/ Norfolk houses etc.
Lilias Margitson Rider Haggard M.B.E, 1892 – 1968 was the fourth and youngest child of the British writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard and Mariana Louisa Margitson/ she was educated at Saint Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk and was awarded an MBE for her work as an auxiliary nurse during World War I/ she was a member of Norfolk County Council from 1949 to 1952 and in 1953 was elected President of the Norfolk Rural Craftsmen’s Guild/ she wrote a number of books, including a biography of her father entitled “The Cloak That I Left”/ she is buried at Ditchingham, Norfolk.
This book is dedicated to the author’s mother, Mariana Louisa Margitson/ other books by the author include: “Norfolk Life”, “A Country Scrapbook”, “Too Late for Tears”, “The Rabbit Skin Cap” etc.

• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862990394
• Inventory Number: 40299AB

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