Kittling: Books

  First Lines: Lady Hardcastle was looking out of the train window as we clickety-clacked through the Somerset countryside. "Don't ...

  First Line: ' ... and then I said, "But that's what I wanted the parsnip for in the first place." ' After a week of ...

  First Line: Jenkins the butler, ably assisted by Dewi the footman, was clearing the table after a delicious and highly entertaining lunch ...

  First Line: I've never been entirely sure of the reason for the interval at the theatre .   It's not quite how Lady Hardcastle env...

  First Line: The hedgerow along the lane was alive with birds of every shape and hue as we walked into the village in the Monday afternoon...

  First Line: Lady Hardcastle was in the garden offering the new gardener a scone .   It's August 1911, and Lady Emily Hardcastle and he...

First Line: " Be a dear and pass the pepper, would you?" said Lady Hardcastle . January 1910. A journalist has been killed in...

First Line: " Just hold it steady and try to keep your hand out of the shot," said Lady Hardcastle with only the tiniest hint o...

First Line: " What do you think, Flo: the red scarf or the green? " It's September 1909, and Lady Hardcastle and her maid...

First Line: " Good heavens!" said Lady Hardcastle as we stepped down from the dog cart . Lady Emily Hardcastle is a n eccentr...