This colourful, perceptive portrayal of English country life reverberates with the voices of the village inhabitants, from the reminiscences of survivors of the Great War evoking days gone by, to the concerns of a younger generation of farm-workers and the fascinating and personal recollections of, among others, the local schoolteacher, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate. .

The World War 2 has begun. A story of a provincial lady who must cope with gas masks, evacuated relatives and canteen service.

An account of the discoveries at Sutton Hoo, including the most recent excavations, and the light they shed on the world of the Anglo-Saxons. Carver draws on the range of research undertaken at the site to present a story of search and discovery alongside the story of the site itself and the information that the finds have revealed.

A story of a provincial lady who: finds an apartment in London, visits nightclubs and casinos, and meets the intellectuals and eccentrics of London society.