Seducers in Ecuador & The Heir

Name: Seducers in Ecuador & The Heir
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SKU: 9781784873509
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By Vita Sackville-West

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Two exquisite novellas by Vita Sackville-West showcase her mastery in storytelling. Seducers in Ecuador follows Arthur Lomax, the epitome of the English gentleman, whose seemingly placid life on an Egyptian cruise is upended when he dons a pair of blue spectacles. This unforeseen change leads to startling and deadly consequences. The Heir tells the tale of Peregrine Chase, a pragmatic insurance manager from Wolverhampton whose inheritance of a moated Tudor mansion, Blackboys, awakens a newfound appreciation for beauty that alters his life and heart forever.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy classic British literature with intricate character studies and evocative settings, especially those intrigued by nuanced fiction exploring transformation and the interplay between environment and identity.

Seducers in Ecuador is the story of Arthur Lomax, every bit the English gentleman in his white ducks and solar topee, enjoying the pleasures of an Egyptian cruise.

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Two exquisite novellas which confirm Sackville-West's gift as a novelist.

Seducers in Ecuador is the story of Arthur Lomax, every bit the English gentleman in his white ducks and solar topee, enjoying the pleasures of an Egyptian cruise. But with the addition of a pair of blue spectacles to the outfit, Lomax's entire world changes – to alarming, deadly effect.

Peregrine Chase in The Heir is the manager of a Wolverhampton insurance company. But when he inherits a moated Tudor house called Blackboys, his resistance to change dissolves in the face of its beauty. Under the spell of house and garden, Peregrine's life – and heart – are transformed.

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Praised by Katherine Swift in The Times as a "wry whimsical little" novella, Seducers in Ecuador stands out as a personal favourite, highlighting Sackville-West's distinctive literary voice.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784873509

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 March 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 96g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Vita Sackville-West was born in 1892 at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively before settling at Kent's Sissinghurst Castle in 1930, where she devoted much of her time to creating its now world-famous garden. Throughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women, and her unconventional marriage would later become the subject of a biography written by her son Nigel Nicolson. Though she produced a substantial body of work, amongst which are writings on travel and gardening, Sackville-West is best known for her novels The Edwardians (1930) and All Passion Spent (1931), and for the pastoral poem The Land (1926), which was awarded the prestigious Hawthornden Prize. Sackville-West died on 2 June 1962 at her Sissinghurst home, aged seventy.