The Book Trunk

nuns

  • Frost in May

    Virago Modern Classic Number 1: This is the 1991 edition, with an introduction by Elizabeth Bowen. The cover shows a detail from Girl and Flowers by Dod Procter.  Antonia White’s Frost in May, as I’m sure everyone knows, was the very first Virago Modern Classic,… Continue reading

  • Saturday Snapshots of a Gateway to the Past

    Polesworth Abbey Gatehouse This gatehouse is virtually all that remains of Polesworth Abbey, and I can never pass it without thinking of the nuns who walked beneath it when the were forced to leave during the dissolution of the monasteries.… Continue reading