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In My Father's House - Miranda Seymour

Description: ISBN 0743268679 / Author: Miranda Seymour / Genre: Biography

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... country! Whatever the truth of this, he did eventually acquire the Hall. From then on he devoted himself to its upkeep, determined that it would not suffer the fate of many such grand houses which fell into dereliction after the second world war. Much of the later part of the book focuses on the tyrannical side of this insecure and unexceptional man, who, whether consciously or unconsciously, constantly sought to control and undermine his wife and daughter. It recalls how he all but dictated what his wife wore. This is illus...more

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In My Father's House - Miranda Seymour: Uncomfortable Memories of an Uncompromising Father (1698 words)
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Subtitled, “Elegy for an Obsessive Love”, this is Miranda Seymour’s biography of her father. But if you are expecting hearts and roses, think again, for it is a painfully candid account of a man’s total ruling passion for a house, Thrumpton Hall – a passion which took priority throughout his life. Everything else was secondary as was everybody else, even his wife and children. George Seymour was born into the genteel ranks of the lesser nobility (his uncle was 10th Duke of Grafton). Because of his parents' posting abroad, he spent much of his time, from the age of 2, with his childless Aunt Anna and her husband, Charlie Byron, a rector, (of the same family as ... Read the complete review