'A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .' Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony's pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .
| ISBN: | 9780241970553 |
| Publication date: | 14th August 2014 |
| Author: | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
| Genres: |
Classics Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical romance Historical Fiction Contemporary romance |