This Season will be no exception to a fantastic track record (a track record that includes a truly remarkable Garden staging of James and the Giant Peach) with outdoor performances of Pride and Prejudice and Wind in the Willows (I have already bought my tickets, obviously).
But one of my favourite tasks is any kind of involvement with the various plays and performances we host through the year. I have watched David Suchet strut his stuff as Poirot and get to see knights joust on a bi-annual basis (no lie). No two days are the same and every summer brings something entirely different. His narration gives the book not only a wonderful endearing freshness but also a series of hilarious moments of timeless comedy.One of the greatest benefits of working at Knebworth House is the sheer variety of people, tasks, and events I am exposed to over the course of the Season. The adventures of these incompetent innocents abroad are magnified to epic proportions by the storyteller, J. Their aim is to escape the weary workaday world and improve their health, but they are ill prepared for the various escapades, difficulties and vicissitudes that they encounter along the watery way.
Join our young heroes J., George and Harris (not forgetting Montmorency, the mischievous, irascible fox terrier) as they take a boating holiday along the Thames. Frederics and an afterword by David Stuart Davies. This edition features illustrations by A. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library a series of stunning, clothbound, unabridged, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. Three Men in a Boat remains one of the best-loved and most entertaining comic novels.
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