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The day before the fire [text(large print)]

France, Miranda, 1966-2016
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When fire devastates Turney House, London's finest stately home, the immaculate Lady Alexandra Marchant demands that everything be restored exactly as it was 'the day before the fire'. Every charred remnant must be salvaged. Even the famous chandelier will be pieced back together into a flawless reconstruction. But is it possible, or even desirable, to resurrect the past? And why do we care so much about it? Critics say the restored Turney can never be more than an elegant fake; Lady Alexandra Marchant says Turney's doors, its café and gift shop, must be re-opened to the paying public as soon as possible. Ros Freeman is called in as part of the effort, to Turney's tented village of carvers, gilders, plasterers and stonemasons.
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Imprint:
Leicester : Charnwood, 2016.Leicester : Charnwood, 2016.
Collation:
328 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2015.
ISBN:
9781444827415 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
2299361
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