April 16th, Saturday. Can’t remember what did
Diary, 16/4/89
April 16th, Saturday. Can’t remember what did
Month: April 2012
Landscape and nature in Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Silver Branch
Even the briefest of entries to Rosemary Sutcliff’s diary demonstrates her love of landscape and nature, so evident in her novels and autobiography, and noted by a contributor to The Scottish Book Trust site.
When I was just getting confident about reading, my mother asked our local librarian to recommend something that would stretch me a bit. The Silver Branch was her choice. It began a lifelong love affair with this wonderful writer. But it did much more than that. Read More »
Tulips in Rosemary Sutcliff historical novel for adults Lady in Waiting
At Sherborne, Bess had made a still-room out of one of the groined store chambers and gradually her shelves were filling; a hound bitch had puppies, and the new flamed and feathered tulips came into flower, and these were the things that contented her.
From Lady in Waiting by Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff: a bibliography, compiled by Susan Elizabeth McMurray | National Library of Australia
The garden must be wondering what’s hit it … (Diary, 15/4/88)
April 15th Friday. Sheila bought some seeds from the ironmonger, and this evening Ray has gone off to Shopwyck to get a couple of clematis for the new fence. The garden must be wondering what’s hit it. Lovely show of tulips, the golden ones turning apricot under the dining room and bedsit window, but of course the cream and wine ones I got last autumn have been trampled out of existence when the fence was done.
© Anthony Lawton 2012
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 