Product Description

In this, the second volume of the Merry Hall trilogy, Nichols is less concerned with his garden and more with his house, but the story does include the memorable characters Our Rose, the ditzy floral designer, and the cantankerous gardener Oldfield.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #145961 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-15
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.15 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 260 pages

Review
Be prepared. Beverley Nichols' garden books are part PG Wodehouse and part James Barrie full of hilarious Jeeves-like characters and events, with moments of Peter Pan magic. Bob Cowden, Pacific Horticulture, Spring 2000 (Pacific Horticulture )

You'll find laughter on the stairs and everywhere else Nichols takes you as he renovates his old home and garden. Southern Living, Spring 1999 (Southern Living )

[Nichols] the very model of gardening insouciance, ... wrote at least once about everything and ... is nearly the Bertie Wooster of gardening, and I say nearly only because some would consider it an insult to be called the Bertie Wooster of anything. Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times Book Review, December 1, 1998 (New York Times Book Review )

Book News Inc., December 18, 1998
Nichols transforms the large and small happenings of a sleepy British village and country estate into mock high drama with humor and insight.

Traditional Gardening, Late Summer 1999
A marvelously hilarious insight into people, plants and places...If you have ever renovated an old house or garden, youll love these books.