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Description edit
The Perfect Summer chronicles a glorious English summer a century ago when the world was on the cusp of irrevocable change. Through the tight lens of four months, Juliet Nicolson’s rich storytelling gifts rivet us with the sights, colors and feelings of a bygone era. That summer of 1911 a new... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Diana Manners: Add a description of this character.
- Eric
- Mary Macarthur
- George
- Winston Churchill
- Diaghilev
- Clementine Churchill
- Harry
- Curzon
- Edward VII
- Virginia Woolf
- Leonard Woolf
- Gladys
- John
- Ben Tillett
- Osbert Sitwell
- Alexandra
- Rupert Brooke
- F.E. Smith
- Elinor Glyn
- Kaiser
- Clayton
- Rosa
- Bateman
- Leslie
- Dorelia
- Ottoline
- Henry
- Brian
- Edward Grey
- Nellie Melba
- Duncan Grant
- Roger Fry
- Winterton
- Bakst
- Carpenter
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- England
- Cambridge
- Germany
- Chatsworth
- Scotland
- Alderney
- Belvoir
- Hackwood
- India
- Buckingham Palace
- France
- English Channel
- Brighton
- Europe
- Morocco
- Covent Garden
- Paris
- Blenheim
- Broadstairs
- Rutland
- Hyde Park
- Windsor
- Ireland
- Balmoral
- Sandringham
- Australia
- Folkestone
- Surrey
- New York
- Knightsbridge
- Grantchester
- Hendon
- Dartmoor
First Sentence edit
On the first day of May 1911 temperatures throughout England began to rise, and everyone agreed that the world was becoming exceedingly beautiful.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Juliet Nicolson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0802118461
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Grove Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0802118461
Page Count: 304
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 942.083
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