{"product_id":"statues-in-a-garden-isabel-colegate-paperback","title":"Statues in a Garden -- Isabel Colegate, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eNever before available in the United States, this rediscovered masterpiece from Isabel Colegate, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shooting Party\u003c\/i\u003e, offers readers \"just the right mixture of doomed fun, melancholy and faintly lascivious despair\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I am afraid I have something to tell you . . . It is that we are all about to be destroyed.\" \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1914. The old standards are going. There is bitterness in politics, talk of civil war in Ireland. But all this means little to Cynthia Weston, the attractive wife of cabinet member Aylmer Weston, and her nephew by marriage, Philip. They are caught up in the charmed, perilous toils of a mutual passion that will destroy all they hold most dear--while the shadow of war lengthens and darkens, ready to swallow them whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA captivating portrait of a lost world, \u003ci\u003eStatues in a Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a rediscovered masterpiece by one of the most important and neglected British female writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isabel Colegate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640097803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISABEL COLEGATE\u003c\/b\u003e was the acclaimed author of many bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStatues in a Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWinter Journey\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Shooting Party\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1980, was an international bestseller and the winner of the W. H. Smith Literary Award for the British book of the year. It was made into a celebrated motion picture starring James Mason, Edward Fox, and John Gielgud. Colegate lived near Bath, England, and died in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isabel Colegate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46770313953508,"sku":"9781640097803","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781640097803.jpg?v=1758732578","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/statues-in-a-garden-isabel-colegate-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}