A Wayside Tavern
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of historical fiction, A Wayside Tavern chronicles over a thousand years of English history through the lens of a single building — an inn in the small town of Mallow, in Suffolk — tracing its many incarnations from a Roman roadside stop to a modern-day pub. Norah Lofts masterfully illustrates how the same walls bear witness to centuries of human drama, ambition, love, and conflict, with each era brought vividly to life through the stories of those who pass through or call it home. The narrative moves backward through time, peeling away the layers of history with quiet authority and an intimate, almost archaeological precision. Lofts's prose is richly atmospheric, grounding grand historical forces in the deeply personal lives of ordinary men and women, making the past feel immediate and tangible. A testament to her gift for weaving social history into compelling storytelling, this novel stands as one of her most structurally inventive and emotionally resonant works.
Author: Norah Lofts
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Book Club Associates, London
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of historical fiction, A Wayside Tavern chronicles over a thousand years of English history through the lens of a single building — an inn in the small town of Mallow, in Suffolk — tracing its many incarnations from a Roman roadside stop to a modern-day pub. Norah Lofts masterfully illustrates how the same walls bear witness to centuries of human drama, ambition, love, and conflict, with each era brought vividly to life through the stories of those who pass through or call it home. The narrative moves backward through time, peeling away the layers of history with quiet authority and an intimate, almost archaeological precision. Lofts's prose is richly atmospheric, grounding grand historical forces in the deeply personal lives of ordinary men and women, making the past feel immediate and tangible. A testament to her gift for weaving social history into compelling storytelling, this novel stands as one of her most structurally inventive and emotionally resonant works.