Gillian Tindall

Gillian Tindall
Gillian Tindall is a British writer; her mother, Ursula Orange, was also a writer. Among her better-known works are City of Gold: Biography of Bombay and Celestine: Voices from a French Village. Her novel Fly Away Home won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1972...
eccentric house living private
It was very eccentric to be living here in the only private house at the time.
begin lives weight
You begin to feel the weight of all those spent, packed-away lives pressing in on you.
edward saw
Edward Sells, not being stupid, saw the writing on the wall.
good house
He had very good taste. He always said he'd never done anything in his life, but this house is his memorial.