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The Camomile lawn and Harnessing peacocks

In August 1939, five cousins gather at their aunt's house for the annual holiday. For many it is the last summer of their youth. Set against the backdrop of wartime London, they tell their stories of family, shared losses and lovers as their paths cross.

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  • "Harnessing peacocks"
  • "The camomile lawn"@it
  • "Camomile lawn"@it

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  • "Starting in 1939, this story moves from Cornwall to London and back again, over the years, telling the stories of five cousins who have gathered at their aunt's house for their annual holiday ritual. This presents a picture of wartime London: the rationing, the fallen houses, parties, new-found comforts of sex, and desperate humour."
  • "In 1939 brengen vijf neven en nichten voor de laatste keer een idyllische vakantie door in Cornwall."
  • "In August 1939, five cousins gather at their aunt's house for the annual holiday. For many it is the last summer of their youth. Set against the backdrop of wartime London, they tell their stories of family, shared losses and lovers as their paths cross."@en
  • "Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the Cornish cliffs. Her, in the dizzying heat of August 1939, five cousins have gathered at their aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday."@en
  • "Mary Wesley's sprawling novel of wartime England-and the loss of innocenceIt is August 1939. At an elegant manor house high above the sea, five cousins gather for their annual holiday. As Calypso, Walter, Polly, Oliver, and ten-year-old Sophy explore the limits of blood, friendship, and their blossoming sexualities, war looms on the horizon. This will be the last summer that they spend together; it is a season marked by the heady joys of self-discovery, the agonizing pain of betrayal, and a world on the edge of conflict. A novel of dazzling breadth and scope, The Camomile Lawn journeys from th."@en
  • "'The Camomile Lawn' presents a vivid and lively picture of wartime London and Cornwall as seen through the eyes of five cousins. Originally published: London: Macmillan, 1984."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "War stories"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Familie- og Slægtsromaner"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "General fiction"@en
  • "Speeches, oratory"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "English fiction"

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  • "The camomile lawn ; Harnessing peacocks"
  • "Heřmánkový palouk"
  • "De laatste zomer"
  • "Il prato di camomilla"@it
  • "Il prato di camomilla"
  • "ha-Midshaʼah"
  • "Papatya bahçesi = The Camomile lawn"
  • "Camomile Lawn"
  • "The Camomile lawn and Harnessing peacocks"@en
  • "The Camomile lawn"
  • "La pelouse de camomille : roman"
  • "The camomile lawn"@en
  • "The camomile lawn"
  • "Polje kamilice"
  • "Papatya bahçesi"
  • "Kamille-engen"@da
  • "La pelouse de camomille"
  • "Rumianki w trawie"
  • "Rumianki w trawie"@pl
  • "The Camomile Lawn A Novel"@en
  • "Die letzten Tage der Unschuld Roman"
  • "The camomile lawn : a novel"
  • "Kamomillglantan"
  • "Die letzten Tage der Unschuld : Roman"
  • "Kamomillapiha"@fi
  • "Kamomillgläntan"@sv
  • "The camomile lawn a novel"
  • "The camomile lawn and Harnessing peacocks"@en

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