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Sunlight on the Lawn

by Beverley Nichols · 1999

Merry Hall Trilogy series

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Sunlight on the Lawnbrings to a close Beverley Nichols's delightful Merry Hall trilogy describing the renovation of his run-down Georgian mansion and its garden.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gardeninggardeningMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisSurreySurreyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 273 pages

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