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An Innkeeper's Diary
John Fothergill
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Introduced by Craig Brown. Bound in quarter buckram.
Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
10" x 5 1/2", 304 pages.
John Fothergill was the original gentleman-hotelier, whose inn, 'The Spreadeagle' in Oxfordshire, drew an eclectic 1920s crowd - from George Bernard Shaw to H. G. Wells, Rebecca West to Eric Gill. Whether accosting casual users of his lavatories or worrying about adulterous couples, Fothergill was a larger-than-life character, who could veer from sparkling banter to outrageous snobbery in a single breath. Not a day passed without incident, and he recorded them all in a diary full of high jinks, low humour and acerbic wit.
'The perfect bedside book: sometimes snobbish, sometimes batty, often touching and always very, very funny' - CRAIG BROWNYour basket
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